Phonosemantic compound. 齊 represents the meaning and 小 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (斋)
ér and
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Historical Evolution
齋
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
齋
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
齋
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
齋
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
齋
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
齋
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
齋
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
齋
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
齋
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
齋
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
齋
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
齋
Regular
Modern
Chinese
斋 / 齋 [zhāi]
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room; building; to give alms (to a monk)
Japanese
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
斎 いしき
Ishiki surname
斎 いつき
Itsuki female given namesurname
斎 いわい
Iwai surname
斎 さい
Sai female given namesurname
斎 せい
Sei surname
斎 ち
Chi surname
斎 とき
Toki female given namesurname
斎 ひとし
Hitoshi surnamemale given name
斎 わたり
Watari surname
齋 いつき
Itsuki surnamegiven name
齋 さい
Sai surname
齋 とき
Toki unclassified name
齋 ひとし
Hitoshi surname
CHINESE WORDS (25)
斋戒 [zhāijiè] #29,541
to fast
斋藤 [Zhāiténg] #35,458
Saitō (Japanese surname)
书斋 [shūzhāi] #57,740
study (room)
斋月 [Zhāiyuè] #46,234
Ramadan (Islam)
斋期 [zhāiqī] #50,007
fasting days
聊斋志异 [LiáozhāiZhìyì] #46,774
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[PúSōnglíng]
吃斋 [chīzhāi] #48,766
to abstain from eating meat
斋堂 [zhāitáng] #51,113
dining hall in a Buddhist temple
开斋节 [Kāizhāijié] #52,008
Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan
斋饭 [zhāifàn] #53,728
food given to Buddhist monks as alms
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JAPANESE WORDS (43)
⭐ 祝う [いわう] #5,354
to celebrate
⭐ 祝い [いわい] #7,176
congratulation
⭐ 書斎 [しょさい] #8,821
study
忌み [いみ] #21,985
mourning
祝言 [しゅうげん] #34,512
festivities
忌む [いむ] #38,969
to avoid
湯屋 [ゆや] #49,755
public bathhouse
斎 [とき] #54,110
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
⭐ 斎場 [さいじょう] #72,147
funeral hall
斎宮 [さいぐう] #81,261
unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor
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KOREAN WORDS (1)