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斎

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • purification
  • Buddhist food
  • room
  • worship
  • avoid
  • alike

On'yomi (音読み)

  • サイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • とき
  • つつし.む
  • ものいみ
  • い.む
  • いわ.う
  • いつ.く
Strokes
11
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1252
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
文#67 · script

Components

Common Words

  • 斎場さいじょうNounfuneral hall
  • 書斎しょさいNounstudy, library, den, home office, reading room
  • 斎くいつくGodanto worship, to enshrine
  • 斎戒さいかいNounpurification
  • 斎垣いがきNounfence around a shrine (or other sacred area)
  • 斎宮さいぐうNoununmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor
  • 斎主さいしゅNounmaster of religious ceremonies
  • 斎日さいじつNounfast day

Practice in Kanjiru

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