斎

斎 — purification, Buddhist food, room

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 11
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1155 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: さい sai
Kun'yomi: とき toki

つつし.む tsutsushi.mu

ものいみ monoimi

い.む i.mu

いわ.う iwa.u

いつ.く itsu.ku

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 斎

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