齋

齋 (Kangxi radical 210, 齊+3, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜難火 (YXF), four-corner 0022₃, composition ⿵齊小)

• 𡄡, 𢥖, 𢹓, 𭳯, 𮥱, 𤒱, 𮂧, 𧕚, 𩵃, 𪗒, 𪗓, 𢋿

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1531, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48565
• Dae Jaweon: page 2069, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4785, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9F4B

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsriːl): phonetic 齊 (OC *zliːl, *zliːls) + semantic 示 (“god; deity”).

齋

1. (historical) to show one's piety before offering sacrifices and other ceremonies in ancient times, by abstaining from meat and alcohol, bathing oneself and clearing one's mind of distracting thoughts
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) solemn; earnest
3. vegetarian diet (often adopted for religious reasons)

   吃齋／吃斋  ―  chīzhāi  ―  to be a vegetarian

4. fasting

   齋月／斋月  ―  zhāiyuè  ―  Ramadan

5. (Buddhism, Taoism) religious ceremony (Classifier: 堂 c)
6. (Cantonese) plain; dull; boring; dry

   齋啡／斋啡 [Cantonese]  ―  zaai¹ fe¹ [Jyutping]  ―  black coffee

   早餐淨係食塊麵包會唔會齋咗啲呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   早餐净系食块面包会唔会斋咗啲呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   zou² caan¹ zing⁶ hai⁶ sik⁶ faai³ min⁶ baau¹ wui⁵ m⁴ wui⁵ zaai¹ zo² di¹ ne¹? [Jyutping]

   Wouldn't it be a bit dull to just have a piece of bread for breakfast?

7. (Cantonese) purely; only; just

   Synonym: 淨 / 净 (jìng)

   齋噏／斋噏 [Cantonese]  ―  zaai¹ ngap¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to just talk

   齋睇唔買／斋睇唔买 [Cantonese]  ―  zaai¹ tai² m⁴ maai⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  to just browse around and not buy anything; to window-shop

   齋坐／斋坐 [Cantonese]  ―  zaai¹ co⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  to just sit (at a restaurant, cafe, etc. without ordering)

8. to give alms to monks
9. study (room); studio
10. house; shop; building
11. a surname

• (vegetarian diet): 素食 (sùshí)

• (antonym(s) of “non-vegetarian”): 葷／荤 (hūn)

• → Thai: เจ (jee)
• → Vietnamese: chay

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 斎)

1. Kyūjitai form of 斎

• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• On: し (shi)
• Kun: いつく (itsuku, 齋く)、とき (toki, 齋)、いわい (iwai, 齋い)^{←いはひ (ifafi, 齋ひ, historical)}、ものいみ (monoimi, 齋)、つつしむ (tsutsushimu, 齋む)

齋 (eumhun 엄숙할 재 (eomsukhal jae))
齋 (eumhun 집 재 (jip jae))
齋 (eumhun 상복 재 (sangbok jae))
齋 (eumhun 재계할 재 (jaegyehal jae))
齋 (eumhun 공부방 재 (gongbubang jae))

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齋: Hán Việt readings: trai (莊(trang)皆(giai)切(thiết))^{[1][2][3][4][5]}, chay^[4]
齋: Nôm readings: chay^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}, trai^{[2][7][4][5][6]}, chai^[1], rai^[1], chây^[3], trơi^[7]

1. chữ Hán form of trai (“to abstain; to fast”)
2. chữ Nôm form of chay (“to abstain; to fast”)