JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Kanji 斎: "purification, Buddhist food, room"
The kanji 斎 means "purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read サイ in on'yomi and とき, つつし.む, ものいみ, い.む, いわ.う in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ときつつし.むものいみい.むいわ.う
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1155 of 2,501 |
Common words with 斎
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 書斎study; library; den; home office
- 斎藤place : Saitō
- 斎meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
- 斎場funeral hall · ceremony site
- 斎宮unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor
- 潔斎religious abstinence; purification
- 精進潔斎purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat
- 斎戒purification
- 斎戒沐浴purification; washing
- 心斎橋筋place : Shinsaibashisuji
- 斎主master of religious ceremonies
- 斎くto worship; to enshrine
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