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斎

purification
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingサイ
Kun readingとき、つつし.む、ものいみ、い.む、いわ.う、いつ.く
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. purificationRtK
  2. buddhist food
  3. room
  4. worship
  5. avoid
  6. alike
  1. funeral hall
  2. ceremony site

Popular Usage

書斎

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sentence · plaid · kilt · Billy Connolly · fenceposts · cabers · altar (示) · show (示) · two (二) · small (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1869

Compound words

書斎しょさい
study; library; den; home office; reading room
斎場さいじょう
funeral hall; ceremony site
北斎ほくさい
Hokusai, short form of the name of Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), the ukiyo-e artist famous for The Great Wave.
葛飾北斎かつしかほくさい
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), ukiyo-e artist famous for Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji and The Great Wave.

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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