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斎

斎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「齋」の略体。「齋」については齋#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サイJHS
Kun (native)
  • とき
  • つつし(む)
  • ものいみ
  • い(む)
  • いわ(う)
  • いつ(く)
Nanori (used in names)
  • いつき
  • さえ
  • ひとし
  • いつ
  • きよ
  • ただ
  • よし
Other languages
  • 拼音zhai1
  • 한글jae
  • 한글ja
  • Hán-ViệtChái
  • Hán-ViệtChay
  • Hán-ViệtTrai
  • Hán-ViệtTrơi

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
文(ぶん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+658E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿵齐示

Words using this kanji

  • 斎場さいじょう祭事を清浄な場所。 葬儀を行う場所。葬儀場。funeral hall, ceremony site
  • 斎ときmeals exchanged by parishioners and priests
  • 斎くいつくto worship, to enshrine
  • 斎戒さいかい飲食や行為を慎んで心身を清めること。潔斎。purification
  • 斎垣いがきfence around a shrine (or other sacred area)
  • 斎宮さいぐう伊勢神宮に奉仕する独身の皇女。また、その居所。unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor
  • 斎主さいしゅmaster of religious ceremonies
  • 斎日さいじつ在家の仏教徒が行いを慎み精進する日。毎月8・14・15・23・29・30日を六斎日という。fast day
  • 斎服さいふくpriestly vestments, esp. white silk robes worn at festivals
  • 斎部いみべImbe clan (ancient Shinto priestly family)
  • 斎食さいじき正しい時刻になった時にとる食事。正午の食事。 法会などの仏事の際に出す食事。morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.), food offering at a Buddhist ceremony
  • 斎行さいこうcarrying out (a religious festival or ceremony)
  • 斎堂さいどうdining hall at a Zen temple or monastery, refectory
  • 斎院さいいん京都にある賀茂神社に奉仕する独身の皇族の女子。また、その居所。imperial princess who served as a priestess at Ise
  • 斎王さいおうunmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine or the Kamo Shrine in place of the Emperor
  • 斎み垣いみがきshrine fence
  • 斎戒沐浴さいかいもくよくpurification, washing

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-9
Four Corner
0022.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j9.6
Heisig
1869
Nelson
5425