斎 — purification, study room, ceremonial hall
さい
斎
purification
さい
U+658E
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1155
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1869
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- purification
- study room
- ceremonial hall
- religious abstinence
Readings
- On'yomi
- さい sai
- Kun'yomi
- とき toki つつし tsutsushi ものいみ monoimi い i いわ iwa いつ itsu
word
さい sai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
4 wordsEach dot is a word containing 斎: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.