Chinese Character 齋 Meanings and components.

Form

齋

Meaning

齋 meaning^[3] in English

To Fast Or Abstain From Meat, Wine Etc.

Vegetarian Diet.

Study Room.

View more meanings of 齋 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 齋 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (name of states … (齊) , and small (小)

Its radical^[1] is: 齊 (qi2) which means: (Name Of States And Dynasties At Several Different Periods), Surname Qi, .齊qi2(name of …

In cangjie it is written with YXF

How to write 齋

To write齋zhai1to fast … you should write a combination of 齊qi2(name of … , 小xiao3small arranged in a 吕 shape:

齊 + 小 = 齋

齋 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 齋 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 齋, looks as follow:

齋

Pinyin:zhai1 Shape:吕

Meaning^[3]: To Fast Or Abstain From Meat, Wine Etc . Vegetarian Diet . Study Room . Building . To Give Alms (To A Monk)

齊

Pinyin:qi2

Meaning^[3]: (Name Of States And Dynasties At Several Different Periods) . Surname Qi

小

Pinyin:xiao3

Meaning^[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
Wiktionary Page for 齋in English or Chinese