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Kanji Detail for 斎 - "to purify, room, meal"

斎

  • Meaning

    斎 means "to purify, room, meal."

    1. Purify - To make clean for religious purposes.

    2. Abstain - To refrain from certain activities.

    3. Study - A room for learning.

  • Words using 斎

    • 斎場 さいじょう Listen funeral hall; ceremony site
    • 書斎 しょさい Listen study; library; den

  • Four-character idioms with 斎

    • 斎戒沐浴 さいかいもくよく Listen purification; washing
    • 精進潔斎 しょうじんけっさい Listen purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat

  • Tattoo check: 斎

    • Verified meaning: to purify, room, meal
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いしき, いつき, いわい, さい)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 斎

    Given names 斎(いつき)Listen 斎(さい)Listen 斎(とき)Listen 斎(ひとし)Listen

    Surnames 斎(いしき)Listen 斎(いわい)Listen 斎(せい)Listen 斎(ち)Listen 斎(わたり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    purification; Buddhist food; room; worship; avoid; alike

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    vegetarian diet; study

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]

  • Onyomi

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    sai(サイ) サイ

  • Kunyomi

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    i.mu(い-む) い-む

    itsu.ku(いつ-く) いつ-く

    iwau(いわ-う) いわ-う

    monoimi(ものいみ) ものいみ

    toki(とき) とき

    tsutsushi.mu(つつし-む) つつし-む

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    斉 齊 (sei)

  • Related Keywords

    to purify room meal abstain study purification fasting abstinence ceremony clean devotion discipline innocent penance pure refrain religious ritual sanctify

Sentences including 斎

  • This door leads to the study.

  • She's writing something in her study.

  • You are welcome to any book in my library.

  • She had a book stolen from the library.

  • He is in his library.

  • There are plenty of books in his study.

  • This study is my father's study.

  • Father showed him into the study.

  • You are welcome to any book in my library.

  • You are welcome to any book in my library.

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