書斎

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
書 斎
しょ
Grade: 2 		さい
Grade: S
on'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
書齋 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

First attested in the late 800s.[1] Appears to be a borrowing from Middle Chinese 書齋 (MC syo tsreaj, “a reading room, a study”).

Pronunciation

Noun

書(しょ)斎(さい) • (shosai) 

  1. a reading room, a study, a den

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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