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斋

Traditional (Taiwan): 齋

zhāi ㄓㄞ

    • to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
    • vegetarian diet
    • study room
    • building
    • to give alms (to a monk)

Other words read zhāi

In the same tone

  • 侧 zhāi lean on one side
  • 摘 zhāi take

zhai with other tones

  • 寨 zhài stronghold
  • 祭 zhài surname Zhai
  • 窄 zhǎi narrow
  • 宅 zhái residence
  • 债 zhài debt

All 10 words read zhai in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 斋

    部首 radical
    文
    笔画 strokes
    10, with 6 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    文而
    形旁 meaning
    文
    Practise writing 斋

    Trace 斋, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Words with 斋

    Starting with 斋

    • 斋戒 zhāijiè observe a religious fast
    • 斋饭 zhāifàn food given to Buddhist monks as alms
    • 斋月 zhāiyuè Ramadan
    • 斋堂 zhāitáng dining hall in a Buddhist temple
    • 斋藤 zhāiténg Saitō

    All 10 words starting with 斋

    Ending with 斋

    All 10 words ending with 斋

    Containing 斋

    • 聊斋志异 liáozhāizhìyì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄 púsōnglíng
    • 开斋节 kāizhāijié Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan
    • 大斋期 dàzhāiqī Lent
    • 大斋节 dàzhāijié great fast
    • 封斋节 fēngzhāijié Lent

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