懂中文 Dong Chinese

斋

zhāi

vegetarian diet

Simplified form of 齋. Phonosemantic compound. 示 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.

Components
齐 sound,remnant component

齐  Sound Remnant component

qí

  

even

而 simplified component

而  Simplified component

ér

  

and

Shorthand for the bottom half of the traditional character 齋.

Evolution

斋 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
斋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
斋 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
斋 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
斋 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

斋 (齋) 

zhāi

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

斋 (亝) 

zhāi

old variant of 齋|斋[zhāi]

Most common words with 斋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

斋

study room

斋戒

to fast

斋藤

Saitō (Japanese surname)

书斋

study (room)

斋月

Ramadan (Islam)