TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
釋
釋 ＝ 釆 ＋ 睪
ㄕˋ · shì
verb — to explain, interpret; to release, let go
字源 FORM — what the parts do
釆義claws sorting tracks apart — to distinguishnot 采 (pick); 釆 is the track-sorting sign
睪聲yì — gives the soundan eye over a captive — watching, picking out
IF≠yì → shì — the reading drifted hard off the donor
The track-sorting sign (釆), claws pulling animal prints apart, with 睪 yì for the sound. To sort apart is to make plain: 解釋 to explain, 釋義 to gloss; and to loosen one's grip: 釋放 to release.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
爪子（釆）把交纏的腳印一條條撥開——理清了，也就說明白了。
Claws (釆) tease the tangled tracks apart one by one — and once they're sorted, they're explained.
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意 · Meanings
(本義)解釋、釋義— to explain, interpret常用
→釋放— to release, set free常用
→如釋重負— as if a load were let go
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension