釋迦

释迦
shìjiā
sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

CEDICT

Homographs

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 釋迦牟尼 Shìjiāmóuní, Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")

Entry Composition

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