释迦

釋迦
Shìjiā
  1. Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged
  2. the Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼 Shìjiāmóuní, Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")

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Homographs

释迦 shìjiā sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

Entry Composition

1 释 shì
  1. to explain
  2. to release
  3. Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼 Shìjiāmóuní)
  4. Buddhism
2 迦 jiā (phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)