斎
Buddhist food, alike, avoid, purification, room, worship
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
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Information
Grade:8
Strokes:11
JLPT:1
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
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myself, other, remainder, surplus, too much
Grade 5JLPT 3
府
borough, govt office, representative body, storehouse, urban prefecture
Grade 4JLPT 2
対
anti-, compare, equal, even, opposite, versus, vis-a-vis
Grade 3JLPT 3
除
abolish, cancel, division (x/3), except, exclude, remove
Grade 6JLPT 3
発
counter for gunshots, departure, discharge, disclose, emit, publish, start from
Grade 3JLPT 4
奔
bustle, run
Grade 8JLPT 1
卒
die, graduate, private, soldier
Grade 4JLPT 2
称
admire, appellation, fame, name, praise, title
Grade 8JLPT 1
徐
deliberately, gently, gradually, slowly
Grade 8JLPT 1
疾
rapidly
Grade 8JLPT 1