This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: シャク、セキ、とく、す.てる、ゆる.す
Romaji: shaku, seki, toku, su.teru, yuru.su
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Name Reading

Kana: しゃ
Romaji: sha
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Meaning

explanation

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  165
Frequency:  1097
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-7-4
Korean Reading:  seog
Chinese Reading:  shi4
Unicode:  91c8
JIS:  3C61

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1484
Nelson Index: 4809
New Nelson Index: 6203
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6b5.5
Four Corner Index: 2798.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 885
Gakken Index: 1214
Japanese Names Index: 1395
Daikanwanjiten Index: 40120P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0408
Remembering the kanji Index: 1908
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1841
Kodansha Compact Index: 1800
Kanji in Context Index: 763
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 997
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1349
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1927
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2057
Essential Kanji Index: 660
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1876
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2262
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 802
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1494

Words

注釈 (ちゅうしゃく)
notes; comment; remark; annotation
釈放 (しゃくほう)
release; liberation; acquittal
釈迦如来 (しゃかにょらい)
Sakyamuni (sage of the Sakyas)
仮釈放 (かりしゃくほう)
release on parole
希釈 (きしゃく)
dilution
解釈 (かいしゃく)
explanation; interpretation
釈迦 (しゃか)
the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama, 563 BCE-483 BCE); Shakyamuni; Sakyamuni
保釈 (ほしゃく)
bail
釈明 (しゃくめい)
explanation; vindication
廃仏毀釈 (はいぶつきしゃく)
anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era
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