Surname · Chinese
釋
“to distinguish”·“to release; to see”
釋 is a surname. It is used in Chinese.
ChineseWritten in Chinese characters script.
Meaning & origin
What it means
釋 is built from elements meaning “to distinguish” and “to release; to see”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
釋’s family of names
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