斎 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 斎意味

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

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斎 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

とき toki
つつし.む tsutsushi.mu
ものいみ monoimi
い.む i.mu
いわ.う iwa.u
いつ.く itsu.ku

KUNYOMI　訓読み

サイ sai

Examples

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貫 pierce, 8 1/3lbs, penetrate, brace

仙 hermit, wizard, cent

慰 consolation, amusement, seduce, cheer, make sport of, comfort, console

序 preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally

旬 decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products)