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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 释迦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
释迦 shì jiā - Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged
- the Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4jia1mou2ni2], Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")
释迦 shì jiā - sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 56,288 31,641

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shì- to explain
- to release
- Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2])
- Buddhism
jiā- (phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)

Other Words Containing 释迦

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
释迦牟尼 - - 63,387 34,922 20,509