斋 — Chinese character
斋
zhāi
to fast, to abstain; a vegetarian diet
- Pinyin
- zhāi
- Radical
- 67 ⽂ (Script)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 文 而
- Formation
- pictophonetic — culture; meaning component 文
- Traditional
- 齋
Common words with 斋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斋戒 (齋戒) | zhāi jiè | to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual |
| 书斋 (書齋) | shū zhāi | study (room) |
| 吃斋 (吃齋) | chī zhāi | to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian |
| 斋堂 (齋堂) | zhāi táng | dining hall in a Buddhist temple |
| 斋期 (齋期) | zhāi qī | fasting days; a fast |
| 开斋 (開齋) | kāi zhāi | to stop following a vegetarian diet; to break a fast |
| 封斋 (封齋) | fēng zhāi | fast (in several religions); Ramadan (Islam) |
| 素斋 (素齋) | sù zhāi | vegetarian food |
| 斋饭 (齋飯) | zhāi fàn | food given to Buddhist monks as alms |
| 打斋 (打齋) | dǎ zhāi | to beg for (vegetarian) food |
| 大斋 (大齋) | dà zhāi | to fast; to abstain from food |
| 化斋 (化齋) | huà zhāi | to beg for food (of monks) |
English words written with 斋
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.