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U+658E, 斎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-658E

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of .

Han character

(Kangxi radical 67, +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜大中一中 (YKLML), composition or )

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

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to show one's piety before offering sacrifices and other ceremonies in ancient times, by abstaining from meat and alcohol, bathing oneself and clearing one's mind of distracting thoughts; etc.”).
(This character is an obsolete form of ).

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jōyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. cleansing, purification
  2. Buddhist service
  3. room

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC tsreaj).

Pronunciation

Noun

(さい) (sai

  1. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Suffix

(さい) (-sai

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Proper noun

(さい) (Sai

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とき
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Extension of (toki, hour, time).

Pronunciation

Noun

(とき) (toki

  1. (Buddhism) meals exchanged between priests and parishioners
  2. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Derived terms

Proper noun

(とき) (Toki

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
いつき
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese.

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 斎く (itsuku, to worship).

Noun

(いつき) (itsuki

  1. (Shinto) sacred ground
    • 720, Nihon Shoki, poem 60:
      破夜歩佐波(はやぶさは)阿梅珥能朋利(あめにのぼり)等弭箇既梨(とびかけり)伊莵岐(いつき)餓宇倍能(がうへの)娑奘岐等羅佐泥(さざきとらさね) [Man'yōgana]
      (はやぶさ)(あめ)にのぼり()びかけりいつき(うへ)鷦鷯(さざき)とらさね [Modern spelling]
      hayabusa wa ame ni nobori tobikakeri itsuki ga ue no sazaki torasane
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. (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 {{rfdef}}.
Derived terms

Proper noun

(いつき) (Itsuki

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Possibly a doublet of (yu) below.[2]

Prefix

() (i-

  1. (Shinto) added to spiritual nouns to indicate purity and holiness: holy, pure, sacred
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Possibly a doublet of (i) above.[2]

Noun

() (yu

  1. (Shinto) holy, pure, sacred
Derived terms

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
いみ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Noun

(いみ) (imi

  1. Alternative spelling of 忌み (imi): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Derived terms

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
いむ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Shift from imi above.[1]

Noun

(いむ) (imu

  1. Synonym of (imi) (see Etymology 6 above)
Derived terms

Etymology 8

Kanji in this term
いわい
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Noun

(いわい) (iwaiいはひ (ifafi)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 祝い: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Derived terms

Proper noun

(いわい) (Iwaiいはひ (Ifafi)?

  1. a surname

Etymology 9

Kanji in this term
ひとし
Grade: S
nanori
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Nominalization of classical adjective 等し (hitoshi), modern 等しい (hitoshii, equal, same).

Proper noun

(ひとし) (Hitoshi

  1. a surname
  2. a male given name

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Vovin, Alexander (2020) A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (2 vols), →ISBN, page 53, →ISBN