释迦

Traditional form:

釋迦

Pinyin (reading):

Shìjiā

Definitions:

• 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 ( Shijiàmouni), Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")

Characters:

• 释 - to explain, to interpret; to release
• 迦 - used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 釋 - to explain, to interpret; to release
• 迦 - used in transliterations