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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 斋

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
斋 zhāi - old variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]
斋 zhāi - to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
- vegetarian diet
- study room
- building
- to give alms (to a monk)

List Ranking for: 斋

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 20,687 13,411 9,955

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 文 而

Radical:

文

Type:

Pictophonetic

Semantic:

文

Hint:

Culture

Other Words Containing 斋

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
斋 - - 20,687 13,411 9,955
斋戒 - - 29,541 74,619 54,572
斋藤 - - 35,458 - -
斋月 - - 46,234 68,751 117,055
斋期 - - 50,007 - -
书斋 - - 57,740 49,743 60,696