Chinese symbol for “lent”
四旬斋
sì xún zhāi
Traditional: 四旬齋
Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lent is 四旬斋 (sì xún zhāi), defined as: Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大斋期 (大齋期) | dà zhāi qī | Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) |
| 封斋节 (封齋節) | fēng zhāi jié | Lent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 四旬斋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 四大 | sì dà | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debate |
| 四处 (四處) | sì chù | all over the place; everywhere and all directions |
| 四周 | sì zhōu | all around |
| 十四 | shí sì | fourteen; 14 |
| 四十 | sì shí | forty; 40 |
| 四季 | sì jì | four seasons, namely: spring 春 (chūn), summer 夏 (xià), autumn 秋 (qiū) and winter 冬 (dōng) |
| 中旬 | zhōng xún | middle third of a month |
| 下旬 | xià xún | last third of the month |
| 斋戒 (齋戒) | zhāi jiè | to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.