The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1155 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike

Kunyomi: ときつつし.むものいみい.むいわ.ういつ.く

Onyomi: サイ

Composition: 斉

斎

Radical

Radical: 文

Meaning: script, literature

文

Examples

Onyomi Examples

斎場（サイジョウ） funeral hall, ceremony site

斎院（サイイン） imperial princess who served as a priestess at Ise

大斎（タイサイ） Great Lent, Great Fast

小斎（ショウサイ） abstinence (in Catholicism)

Kunyomi Examples

斎（とき） meals exchanged by parishioners and priests

忌む（いむ） to avoid, to refrain from, to shun, to detest

祝う（いわう） to celebrate, to congratulate, to observe (a festival), to present (a gift) in celebration, to drink in celebration, to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.), to pray for

斎く（いつく） to worship, to enshrine