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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
    彼は書斎に引きこもった。He closeted himself in his study.tatoeba
    彼は書斎にいる。He is in his library.tatoeba
  2. buddhist food
  3. room
  4. worship
  5. avoid
  6. alike
  1. funeral hall
  2. ceremony site

Popular Usage

書斎

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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
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.
斎場さいじょう
funeral hall; ceremony site
斎くいつく
to worship
斎みいみ
mourning
斎むいむ
to avoid
斎戒さいかい
purification
斎垣いがき
fence around a shrine (or other sacred area)
斎宮さいぐう
unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor
斎日いみび
unlucky day (according to astrology)
斎み垣いみがき
shrine fence
羅漢斎らかんさい
Buddha's delight (vegetarian dish)
斎戒沐浴さいかいもくよく
purification
聊斎志異りょうさいしい
Strange stories from a Chinese studio (by Pu Songling)
斎戒もく浴さいかいもくよく
purification

Additional Examples

彼の書斎は公園に面している。
His study faces the park.tatoeba
彼の書斎には本がたくさんある。
There are plenty of books in his study.tatoeba

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