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齋

Simplified: 斋

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

  • 側 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
  • 債 zhài debt

All 10 words read zhai in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 齋

    部首 radical
    齊
    笔画 strokes
    17, with 3 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上三包围结构
    偏旁 parts
    齊小
    形旁 meaning
    齊
    声旁 sound
    小
    Practise writing 齋

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

    Words with 齋

    Starting with 齋

    • 齋戒 zhāijiè observe a religious fast
    • 齋飯 zhāifàn food given to Buddhist monks as alms
    • 齋月 zhāiyuè Ramadan
    • 齋堂 zhāitáng dining hall in a Buddhist temple
    • 齋藤 zhāiténg Saitō

    All 10 words starting with 齋

    Ending with 齋

    All 10 words ending with 齋

    Containing 齋

    • 聊齋志異 liáozhāizhìyì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄 púsōnglíng
    • 開齋節 kāizhāijié Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan
    • 大齋期 dàzhāiqī Lent
    • 大齋節 dàzhāijié great fast
    • 封齋節 fēngzhāijié Lent

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