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U+9F4B, 齋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F4B

[U+9F4A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9F4C]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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simp.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ʔsriːl) : phonetic (OC *zliːl, *zliːls) + semantic (god; deity).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • che - vernacular;
  • chai - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂai⁵⁵/
Harbin /t͡sai⁴⁴/
/ʈ͡ʂai⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡sai²¹/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂɛ²¹³/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂɛ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂai²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡sai²¹/
Xining /t͡sɛ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂɛ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂɛ³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡sai⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡sai⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡sai⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡sai⁵⁵/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂæ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂae³¹/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂe̞²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sai¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡sæ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sɛ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡se⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡sɑ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡se̞³³/
Wenzhou /t͡sa³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡sa³¹/
Tunxi /t͡sa¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sai³³/
Xiangtan /t͡sai³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sai⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sai⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /t͡sɑi²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sai⁵³/
Nanning /t͡sai⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sai⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sai⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sɛ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sai⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡se³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡sai²³/
/t͡sɛ²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (18)
Final () (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter tsreaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃˠɛi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂəɨj/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃɛi/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃɐi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂăi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhāi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zaai1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhāi
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsreaj ›
Old
Chinese
/*tsˁr[ə]j/
English purify oneself

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10031
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsriːl/

Definitions

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  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. solemn; earnest
  3. vegetarian diet (often adopted for religious reasons)
      ―  chīzhāi  ―  to be a vegetarian
  4. fasting
      ―  zhāiyuè  ―  Ramadan
  5. (Buddhism, Taoism) religious ceremony (Classifier: c)
  6. (Cantonese) plain; dull; boring; dry
    [Cantonese]  ―  zaai1 fe1 [Jyutping]  ―  black coffee
    早餐淨係麵包 [Cantonese, trad.]
    早餐净系面包 [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: (jìng)
    [Cantonese]  ―  zaai1 ngap1 [Jyutping]  ―  to just talk
    [Cantonese]  ―  zaai1 tai2 m4 maai5 [Jyutping]  ―  to just browse around and not buy anything; to window-shop
  8. to give alms to monks
  9. study (room); studio
  10. house; shop; building
  11. a surname

Synonyms

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  • (vegetarian diet): 素食 (sùshí)

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of non-vegetarian): (hūn)

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Thai: เจ (jee)
  • Vietnamese: chay

Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings

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  • On (unclassified): さい (sai) (shi)
  • Kun: ものいみ (monoimi)つつしむ (tsutsushimu)

Korean

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Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: trai ((trang)(giai)(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5], chay[4]
: 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. Nôm form of chay (to abstain; to fast).

References

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