Memory phrase for the character: 斋

斋

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Meaning study room, building, vegetarian, to give alms

Pronunciation

zhāi

Explanation

Top: text, language 文 (image of a folding table, on which a text is written), bottom: beard 而 (closed mouth 一 with a beard 皿)

Mnemonic
 
Immersed in a book, the beard grows in the study room.

Radicals

文 script, culture
而 andImage of a closed mouth 一 with a beard 皿.
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 Vocabulary

斋祭 zhāi jì  to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc
斋藤 Zhāi téng  Saito or Saitoh, Japanese surname
书斋 shū zhāi  study (room)
斋饭 zhāi fàn  food given to Buddhist monks as alms
斋饭 zhāi fàn  

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