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Translingual
Glyph origin
Unorthodox variant of 齋.
Han character
斎 (Kangxi radical 67, 文+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜大中一中 (YKLML), composition ⿵齐示 or ⿵斉小)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 477, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13467
- Dae Jaweon: page 835, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 2170, character 11
- Unihan data for U+658E
Chinese
Japanese
Kanji
斎
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 齋)
- cleansing, purification
- Buddhist service
- room
Readings
- Go-on: せい (sei)、せ (se)
- Kan-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
- Kun: いつき (itsuki, 斎)、いつく (itsuku, 斎く)、いみ (imi, 斎)、いみ (imi, 斎み)、いむ (imu, 斎む)、いもい (imoi, 斎)←いもひ (imofi, 斎, historical)、いわい (iwai, 斎)←いはひ (ifafi, 斎, historical)、いわう (iwau, 斎う)、つつしむ (tsutsushimu, 斎む)、とき (toki, 斎)、ものいみ (monoimi, 斎)
- Nanori: いつ (itsu)、きよ (kiyo)、ただ (tada)、ひとし (hitoshi)、よし (yoshi)
Compounds
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
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齋 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 齋 (MC tsreaj).
Pronunciation
Noun
斎 • (sai)
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Suffix
斎 • (-sai)
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Proper noun
斎 • (Sai)
- a female given name
- a surname
Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
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齋 (kyūjitai)
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Extension of 時 (toki, “hour, time”).
Pronunciation
Noun
斎 • (toki)
- (Buddhism) meals exchanged between priests and parishioners
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Derived terms
Proper noun
斎 • (Toki)
- a female given name
- a surname
Etymology 3
Alternative spellings
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齋 (kyūjitai) 傅 寵
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From Old Japanese.
Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 斎く (itsuku, “to worship”).
Noun
斎 • (itsuki)
- (Shinto) sacred ground
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- 破夜歩佐波阿梅珥能朋利等弭箇既梨伊莵岐餓宇倍能娑奘岐等羅佐泥 [Man'yōgana]
- 隼は天にのぼり飛びかけりいつきが上の鷦鷯とらさね [Modern spelling]
- hayabusa wa ame ni nobori tobikakeri itsuki ga ue no sazaki torasane
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- (Shinto) Short for 斎皇女 (itsuki no miko): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Derived terms
Proper noun
斎 • (Itsuki)
- a female given name
- a surname
Etymology 4
Alternative spelling
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齋 (kyūjitai)
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From Old Japanese. Possibly a doublet of 斎 (yu) below.[2]
Prefix
斎 • (i-)
- (Shinto) added to spiritual nouns to indicate purity and holiness: holy, pure, sacred
Derived terms
Etymology 5
Alternative spelling
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齋 (kyūjitai)
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From Old Japanese. Possibly a doublet of 斎 (i) above.[2]
Noun
斎 • (yu)
- (Shinto) holy, pure, sacred
Derived terms
Etymology 6
Alternative spelling
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齋 (kyūjitai)
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Noun
斎 • (imi)
- Alternative spelling of 忌み (imi): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Derived terms
Etymology 7
Alternative spelling
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齋 (kyūjitai)
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Shift from imi above.[1]
Noun
斎 • (imu)
- Synonym of 斎 (imi) (see Etymology 6 above)
Derived terms
Etymology 8
Alternative spelling
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齋 (kyūjitai)
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Noun
斎 • (iwai) ←いはひ (ifafi)?
- Alternative spelling of 祝い: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Derived terms
Proper noun
斎 • (Iwai) ←いはひ (Ifafi)?
- a surname
Etymology 9
Alternative spelling
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齋 (kyūjitai)
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Nominalization of classical adjective 等し (hitoshi), modern 等しい (hitoshii, “equal, same”).
Proper noun
斎 • (Hitoshi)
- a surname
- a male given name
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vovin, Alexander (2020) A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (2 vols), →ISBN, page 53, →ISBN