斋

zhāi

Radical: 文 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

斋 decomposes into the following components:

文 而

Semantic component: 文.

Words containing 斋

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 斋.

书斋
shū zhāi
study (room)
化斋
huà zhāi
to beg for food (of monks)
吃斋
chī zhāi
大斋
dà zhāi
to fast
守斋
shǒu zhāi
to fast
封斋
fēng zhāi
fast (in several religions)
开斋
kāi zhāi
to stop following a vegetarian diet
打斋
dǎ zhāi
to beg for (vegetarian) food
斋堂
zhāi táng
dining hall in a Buddhist temple
斋戒
zhāi jiè
to fast
斋教
zhāi jiào
Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism
斋月
zhāi yuè
Ramadan (Islam)

Related characters (radical 文)

Characters that share the radical 文.

文 斌 斐 斑 斓 斕

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