釋家

释家
shìjiā
  1. (archaic) Buddhism
  2. (archaic) Buddhist (practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism)
  3. Buddhism
  4. Buddhist (practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism)

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Homographs

釋家 Shìjiā
  1. Buddhism
  2. a Buddhist

Entry Composition

1 釋 shì
  1. to explain
  2. to release
  3. Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼 Shìjiāmóuní)
  4. Buddhism
=2 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=2 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個
=2 家 jie only used in 大家 (dàgū)