Read Edit View history 释 shì HSK4 explain Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 釋. Phonosemantic compound. 釆 represents the meaning and 𠬤 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas shì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 釋 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 释 Simp strokes 释 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 释 Simp strokes 释 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 释 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 451, 762 ], [ 387, 770 ], [ 304, 718 ], [ 213, 683 ], [ 206, 675 ], [ 186, 676 ], [ 176, 666 ] ], [ [ 163, 603 ], [ 222, 558 ], [ 240, 525 ] ], [ [ 428, 659 ], [ 446, 632 ], [ 384, 557 ] ], [ [ 83, 426 ], [ 143, 419 ], [ 386, 481 ], [ 460, 484 ] ], [ [ 278, 688 ], [ 297, 676 ], [ 312, 653 ], [ 308, 232 ], [ 301, 110 ], [ 314, 37 ] ], [ [ 288, 429 ], [ 278, 421 ], [ 266, 366 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713 271 686 Q 295 662 292 478 L 289 362 Q 282 175 268 134 Q 259 101 293 48 Q 303 30 312 26 Q 322 25 328 38 Q 340 69 336 98 Q 332 237 330 359 L 330 372 Z", "M 273 432 Q 245 371 208 316 Q 162 249 55 125 Q 49 115 60 114 Q 66 113 76 121 Q 200 212 289 362 C 343 451 286 459 273 432 Z", "M 330 359 Q 334 353 351 339 Q 375 320 401 295 Q 411 286 422 286 Q 429 287 433 297 Q 437 307 430 329 Q 426 345 401 357 Q 347 379 332 374 Q 331 374 330 372 C 323 367 323 367 330 359 Z", "M 595 471 Q 620 492 648 519 L 673 548 Q 710 594 750 667 Q 765 691 787 707 Q 800 714 801 722 Q 801 732 775 748 Q 744 767 732 768 Q 722 768 712 760 Q 597 727 547 722 Q 514 722 512 714 Q 511 711 516 707 Q 556 676 677 718 Q 696 724 704 718 Q 710 714 692 669 Q 689 663 637 575 L 617 550 Q 539 466 438 420 Q 429 416 430 412 Q 431 408 437 408 Q 500 408 577 459 L 595 471 Z", "M 648 519 Q 774 393 812 395 Q 890 398 953 412 Q 984 419 981 427 Q 980 433 823 468 Q 751 489 673 548 L 637 575 Q 609 599 580 626 Q 546 657 517 656 Q 501 655 499 651 Q 498 645 512 637 Q 537 624 554 606 Q 582 584 617 550 L 648 519 Z", "M 653 323 Q 755 347 759 350 Q 766 357 763 365 Q 756 375 730 382 Q 700 388 654 368 C 627 357 627 357 600 353 Q 599 354 597 353 Q 552 343 500 338 Q 466 332 491 317 Q 530 296 599 312 L 601 312 L 653 323 Z", "M 652 192 Q 721 201 864 201 Q 883 201 888 210 Q 892 220 877 234 Q 823 271 766 257 Q 718 248 652 234 L 601 226 Q 513 213 412 198 Q 391 195 407 179 Q 420 166 438 161 Q 459 157 474 161 Q 534 177 601 185 L 652 192 Z", "M 652 234 Q 651 273 653 323 L 654 368 Q 657 404 662 423 Q 665 439 652 448 Q 610 475 595 471 C 570 474 570 474 577 459 Q 577 458 589 435 Q 598 419 600 353 L 601 312 Q 601 273 601 226 L 601 185 Q 602 160 602 129 Q 603 -18 619 -37 Q 623 -44 631 -42 Q 643 -33 650 21 Q 651 39 652 192 L 652 234 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text 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