釋
shì

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Phonosemantic compound. 釆 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound.

Components

釆
釆 Meaning component
睪
睪 Sound component
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyekl̥Ak release; dissolve

說文解字

《說文》：“釋，解也。从釆，釆，取其分別物也。从睪聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)