斎 — kanji meaning “purification”
斎
purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike
- Meanings
- purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike
- On'yomi
- サイ (sai)
- Kun'yomi
- とき、つつし.む、ものいみ、い.む、いわ.う、いつ.く
- Name readings
- いつき、さえ、ひとし、いつ、きよ、ただ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1155 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 67
- Chinese reading
- zhāi
Words with 斎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 書斎 | しょさい shosai | study; library; den |
| 斎場 | さいじょう saijou | funeral hall |
| 斎宮 | さいぐう saiguu | unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor |
| 斎主 | さいしゅ saishu | master of religious ceremonies |
| 潔斎 | けっさい kessai | religious abstinence; purification |
| 斎戒 | さいかい saikai | purification |
| 斎院 | さいいん saiin | imperial princess who served as a priestess at Ise |
| 斎く | いつく itsuku | to worship; to enshrine |
| 斎み垣 | いみがき imigaki | shrine fence |
| 斎戒沐浴 | さいかいもくよく saikaimokuyoku | purification; washing |
| 斎垣 | いがき igaki | fence around a shrine (or other sacred area) |
| 斎日 | さいじつ saijitsu | fast day |
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