斎

purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

サイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

い.むいつ.くいわ.うつつし.むときものいみ

Nanori (名乗り)

いついつききよさえただときひとしよし

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:11

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1155

Vocabulary

サイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
斎場	サイジョウ	funeral hall; ceremony site
書斎	ショサイ	study; library; den; home office; reading room
斎戒	サイカイ	purification
斎戒沐浴	サイカイモクヨク	purification; washing
斎宮	サイグウ	unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
斎	いわい	congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival; congratulatory gift; present
斎う	いわう	to celebrate; to congratulate; to observe (a festival); to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
斎み	いみ	mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
斎む	いむ	to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
斎	とき	meals exchanged by parishioners and priests

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder

borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse

vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare

exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except

departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

graduate, soldier, private, die

appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame

gradually, slowly, deliberately, gently