斎 – purification, Buddhist food, room

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1155 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 斎 means purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サイ (sai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is とき、つつし.む、ものいみ、い.む、いわ.う、いつ.く (toki, tsutsushimu, monoimi, imu, iwau, itsuku). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 文 (no. 67).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サイ	sai
Kun’yomi	とき	toki
Kun’yomi	つつし.む	tsutsushimu
Kun’yomi	ものいみ	monoimi
Kun’yomi	い.む	imu
Kun’yomi	いわ.う	iwau
Kun’yomi	いつ.く	itsuku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 文 (Kangxi radical 67). Components: ｜・ノ・文・廾・斉・示・二・小.

Words using 斎

書斎しょさいstudy

Example sentences

このドアは書斎に通じている。

This door leads to the study.

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Kanji with the same radical

文斉斐斑

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