to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / Buddhism
释
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釆
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又
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二
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丨
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Every time Sherlock Holmes (sh) draws a sample from a boxing glove (又) with a sampling tool (釆) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4), he pulls out a small dinosaur bone (丨) and is shocked electrically immediately, since an attached capacitor (二) releases (释) its charge. Yet Sherlock continues to do so since he is determined to explain (释) the nature of the boxing glove.
釆
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丿
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米
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Mnemonic symbol: a sampling tool. Brunhilde (bi) wants to distinguish a huge banana (丿) from a sack of rice (米) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), so she sticks her sampling tool (釆) into each of them and takes a small sample.
Characters with 釋 as component
釋
is not used as a component in another character.