• 2399th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 24 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

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.

Example Words

Common

素斋 (素齋)
开斋 (開齋)
斋戒 (齋戒)
斋饭 (齋飯)

Uncommon

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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.