# 解釋
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiěshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai$^2$ sik$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kié-sṳt / kiái-sṳt
* Eastern Min (BUC): gāi-sék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kái-sek / kái-siak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): goi$^2$ sêg$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ka-seq; $^5$cia-seq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiěshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiěshìh
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^3$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: jyě-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieeshyh
*** Palladius: цзеши (czeši)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaai$^2$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: gáai sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaai$^2$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gai$^2$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːi̯³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$解析 解釋／解释
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kié-sṳt
*** Hakka Romanization System: gie$^ˋ$ siid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gie$^3$ sid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯e³¹ sɨt̚²/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiái-sṳt
*** Hakka Romanization System: giai$^ˋ$ siid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giai$^3$ sid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯³¹ sɨt̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gāi-sék
*** Sinological IPA : /kai³³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(s-)}$lɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-sek
*** Tâi-lô: kái-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kayseg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-siak
*** Tâi-lô: kái-siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaysiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: goi$^2$ sêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kói sek
*** Sinological IPA : /koi⁵²⁻³⁵ sek̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ka-seq; $^5$cia-seq
*** MiniDict: ka$^去$ seh; cia$^去$ seh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$ka-seq; $^2$jia-seq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka³³ səʔ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕia³³ səʔ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: keaX|keaH syek
Rime :
| Character | 解 | 解 | 釋 |
| Reading # | 2/4 | 3/4 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) | 佳 (31) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II | III |
| Fanqie | 佳買切 | 古隘切 | 施隻切 |
| Baxter | keaX | keaH | syek |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛ$^X$/ | /kˠɛ$^H$/ | /ɕiᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæ$^X$/ | /kᵚæ$^H$/ | /ɕiɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kæi$^X$/ | /kæi$^H$/ | /ɕiæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨj$^X$/ | /kaɨj$^H$/ | /ɕiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛ$^X$/ | /kɛ$^H$/ | /ɕiɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kai$^X$/ | /kai$^H$/ | /ɕĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kai$^X$/ | /kai$^H$/ | /ɕi̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiǎ | jià | shi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaai$^2$ | gaai$^3$ | sik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤreʔ l̥Ak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːʔ|kreːs hljaɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 解 | 釋 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiě | shì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kɛ$^X$ › | ‹ syek › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁreʔ/ | /*l̥Ak/ |
| English | cut up; unloose | release; dissolve |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 解 | 解 | 釋 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 1/1 |
| No. | 6474 | 6478 | 15134 |
| Phonetic component | 解 | 解 | 睪 |
| Rime group | 支 | 支 | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 解 | 懈 | 釋 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːʔ/ | /*kreːs/ | /*hljaɡ/ |

### Verb

解釋
* to explain; to elucidate
* to analyse; to interpret; to expound
* (literal and literary) to remove; to clear; to eliminate; to dispel
    From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
    jiěshì shìsú zhī yí, biànzhào shìfēi zhī lǐ [Pinyin]
    freeing the vulgar from their confusion and shining a light on the rights and wrongs
    From: c. the early 740s, Li Bai (李白), Qing Ping Diao (《清平調》). English translation by Shigeyoshi Obata (小畑薫良), 1922.
    jiěshì chūnfēng wúxiàn hèn [Pinyin]
    Vanquished are the endless longings of love

#### Synonyms

* (to explain):
* 交代 (jiāodài)
* 介紹／介绍 (jièshào) (a situation)
* 分解 (fēnjiě)
* 拆白 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 拆破 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 解說／解说 (jiěshuō)
* 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words)
* 說／说
* 說明／说明 (shuōmíng)
* 說解／说解 (shuōjiě) (literary)
* 講明／讲明 (jiǎngmíng)
* 講解／讲解 (jiǎngjiě)
* 開釋／开释 (kāishì) (literary)
* 闡明／阐明 (chǎnmíng)
* 闡發／阐发 (chǎnfā)
* 闡說／阐说 (chǎnshuō)
* 闡論／阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)
* 闡釋／阐释 (chǎnshì)
* 陳／陈 (chén) (literary, or in compounds)
* (to expound): 闡釋／阐释 (chǎnshì), 闡述／阐述 (chǎnshù), 論述／论述 (lùnshù), (Min Nan) 開拆／开拆
* (to remove):
* 免
* 免除 (miǎnchú)
* 刷 (colloquial)
* 削 (literary, or in compounds)
* 削除 (xuēchú)
* 去掉 (qùdiào)
* 去除 (qùchú)
* 報銷／报销 (bàoxiāo) (figurative, humorous)
* 屏除 (bǐngchú)
* 廓清 (kuòqīng)
* 打掉 (dǎdiào)
* 掃／扫
* 排解 (páijiě)
* 掃除／扫除 (sǎochú) (figurative)
* 排除 (páichú)
* 摒除 (bìngchú)
* 撤 (chè)
* 撤除 (chèchú)
* 消 (xiāo)
* 消弭 (xiāomǐ) (literary)
* 消解 (xiāojiě)
* 消釋／消释 (xiāoshì) (figurative)
* 消除 (xiāochú)
* 淘汰 (táotài)
* 清洗 (qīngxǐ) (figurative)
* 清除 (qīngchú)
* 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
* 破壞／破坏 (pòhuài)
* 破除 (pòchú)
* 祛除 (qūchú)
* 罷／罢
* 翦落 (jiǎnluò) (literary)
* 肅清／肃清 (sùqīng)
* 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 解除 (jiěchú)
* 鋤／锄 (chú)
* 鏟除／铲除 (chǎnchú)
* 除
* 除去 (chúqù)
* 除忒 (Hakka)
* 除掉 (chúdiào)
* 除開／除开 (chúkāi)
* 革除 (géchú)
* 驅散／驱散 (qūsàn)
* 驅走／驱走 (qūzǒu)
* 驅除／驱除 (qūchú)

### Noun

解釋
* explanation
* analysis; interpretation

### Derived terms

* 解釋器／解释器 (jiěshìqì)
* 解釋學／解释学 (jiěshìxué)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 解 | 釋 |
| かい Grade: 5 | しゃく Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 解釋 – see the following entry. :
| 【解釈かいしゃく】 | [noun] interpretation [verb] to interpret |
(This term, 解釋, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :