The kanji 釈: meaning, readings and stroke order

釈

Meaning: explain
On reading: シャク shaku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 11
Radical: 釆 divide, distinguish, choose
Level: Level 7 · junior high school
Old form: 釋

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: giải thích (thích)
Japanese: ときあかす。わかるようにはなす。
Korean: 풀다, 설명하다 (석)
Chinese: 解释 (释)

Readings, words and example sentences

シャク shaku · on reading

解かい釈しゃく
interpretation, way of understanding
詩の 解かい釈しゃくは人によってちがいます。
People understand the poem in different ways.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.