• 2399th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhāi (zhai1)to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc • vegetarian diet • study room • building • to give alms (to a monk)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

素斋 (素齋)
开斋 (開齋)
 ()
斋戒 (齋戒)
斋饭 (齋飯)

Medium Frequency

化斋 (化齋)
书斋 (書齋)
聊斋志异 (聊齋志異)
开斋节 (開齋節)
斋月 (齋月)
斋藤 (齋藤)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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