斎

Unorthodox variant of 齋.

斎 (Kangxi radical 67, 文+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜大中一中 (YKLML), composition ⿵齐示 or ⿵斉小)

• 𭲍, 𣙮, 𬓖, 𦄴, 𩴚

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 477, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13467
• Dae Jaweon: page 835, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 2170, character 11
• Unihan data for U+658E

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 齋)

1. cleansing, purification
2. Buddhist service
3. room

• Go-on: せい (sei)、せ (se)
• Kan-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kun: いつき (itsuki, 斎)、いつく (itsuku, 斎く)、いみ (imi, 斎)、いみ (imi, 斎み)、いむ (imu, 斎む)、いもい (imoi, 斎)^{←いもひ (imofi, 斎, historical)}、いわい (iwai, 斎)^{←いはひ (ifafi, 斎, historical)}、いわう (iwau, 斎う)、つつしむ (tsutsushimu, 斎む)、とき (toki, 斎)、ものいみ (monoimi, 斎)、ゆ (yu, 斎)
• Nanori: いつ (itsu)、きよ (kiyo)、ただ (tada)、ひとし (hitoshi)、よし (yoshi)

From Middle Chinese 齋 (MC tsreaj).

• (Tokyo) さい [sáꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠i]

斎(さい) • (sai) 

1. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

斎(さい) • (-sai) 

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斎(さい) • (Sai) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Extension of 時 (toki, “hour, time”).

• (Tokyo) とき [tòkíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞kʲi]

斎(とき) • (toki) 

1. (Buddhism) meals exchanged between priests and parishioners
2. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• お斎(とき), 御(お)斎(とき) (otoki)
• 斎(とき)日(び) (tokibi)

斎(とき) • (Toki) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

From Old Japanese.

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 斎く (itsuku, “to worship”).

斎(いつき) • (itsuki) 

1. (Shinto) sacred ground
   • 720, Nihon Shoki, poem 60:

     破夜歩佐波(はやぶさは)阿梅珥能朋利(あめにのぼり)等弭箇既梨(とびかけり)伊莵岐(いつき)餓宇倍能(がうへの)娑奘岐等羅佐泥(さざきとらさね) [Man'yōgana]

     隼(はやぶさ)は天(あめ)にのぼり飛(と)びかけりいつきが上(うへ)の鷦鷯(さざき)とらさね [Modern spelling]

     hayabusa wa ame ni nobori tobikakeri itsuki ga ue no sazaki torasane

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. (Shinto) short for 斎皇女 (itsuki no miko): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• 斎(いつき)子(こ) (itsukiko)
• 斎(いつきの)皇女(みこ), 斎(いつきの)王(みこ) (itsuki no miko)
• 斎(いつきの)宮(みや) (itsuki no miya)
• 斎(いつき)女(め) (itsukime)

斎(いつき) • (Itsuki) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

From Old Japanese. Possibly a doublet of 斎 (yu) below.^[2]

斎(い) • (i-) 

1. (Shinto) added to spiritual nouns to indicate purity and holiness: holy, pure, sacred

• 祈(いの)る (inoru)
• 斎(い)垣(がき) (igaki)
• 斎(いも)う (imou)
• 斎(いも)おる (imooru)

From Old Japanese. Possibly a doublet of 斎 (i) above.^[2]

斎(ゆ) • (yu) 

1. (Shinto) holy, pure, sacred

• 齋(ゆ)つ (yutsu)
• 斎(ゆ)庭(にわ) (yuniwa)
• 齋(ゆま)う (yumau)
• 齋(ゆま)わる (yumawaru)

斎(いみ) • (imi) 

1. alternative spelling of 忌み (imi): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• 斎(いみ)斧(おの) (imiono)
• 斎(いみ)子(こ) (imiko)
• 斎(いみ)宮(みや) (imimiya)

Shift from imi above.^[1]

斎(いむ) • (imu) 

1. synonym of 斎 (imi) (see Etymology 6 above)

• 斎(いむ)斧(おの) (imuono)
• 斎(いむ)子(こ) (imuko), 斎(いん)子(こ) (inko)

斎(いわい) • (iwai) ^{←いはひ (ifafi)?}

1. alternative spelling of 祝い: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• 斎(いわい)斧(おの) (iwaiono)
• 斎(いわいの)宮(みや) (iwai no miya)
• 斎(いわい)主(ぬし) (iwainushi)

斎(いわい) • (Iwai) ^{←いはひ (Ifafi)?}

1. a surname

Nominalization of classical adjective 等し (hitoshi), modern 等しい (hitoshii, “equal, same”).

斎(ひとし) • (Hitoshi) 

1. a surname
2. a male given name