The bronze script of character Release is
The left is character Square (Post 273), the right is character Beating Ruler（攴）, which means "hit or beat". The top 卜 is a ruler or similar tool, the bottom is a hand. A person who holds a beating ruler beats a person in the cangue during exile, which is the original meaning of the character. The character 攴 was abandoned long time (maybe more than 2000 years ago), but it is in many compound characters.
The big seal script of character Release is
The left is character Square, the right is character Beating Ruler, similar to bronze script.
The small seal script of character Release is
Similar to older scripts, but more curves.
The clerical script of character Release is
The left is character Square and The right is Beating Ruler.
The Pinyin of the character is Fang4.
The character has many meanings now: release, discharge, set, place, let go, etc.
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