Kanji
斎
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 齋)
- cleansing, purification
- Buddhist service
- room
Readings
- Go-on: せい (sei); せ (se)
- Kan-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
- Kun: いつき (itsuki, 斎); いつく (itsuku, 斎く); いみ (imi, 斎); いみ (imi, 斎み); いむ (imu, 斎む); いもい (imoi, 斎)←いもひ (imofi, 斎, historical); いわい (iwai, 斎)←いはひ (ifafi, 斎, historical); いわう (iwau, 斎う); つつしむ (tsutsushimu, 斎む); とき (toki, 斎); ものいみ (monoimi, 斎)
- Nanori: いつ (itsu); きよ (kiyo); ただ (tada); ひとし (hitoshi); よし (yoshi)
Compounds
Compounds
- 斎王 (saiō)
- 斎戒 (saikai)
- 斎宮 (saigū)
- 斎食 (saijiki)
- 斎主 (saishu)
- 斎女 (saijo)
- 斎場 (saijō, “funeral hall”)
- 潔斎 (kessai)
- 山斎 (sansai)
- 書斎 (shosai, “reading room, study room”)
- 斎場 (saniwa)
Etymology 1
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From Middle Chinese 齋 (MC tsreaj).
Noun
斎 • (sai)
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Suffix
斎 • (-sai)
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Etymology 2
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Extension of 時 (toki, “hour, time”).
Etymology 3
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From Old Japanese.
Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 斎く (itsuku, “to worship”).
Noun
斎 • (itsuki)
- (Shinto) sacred ground
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- 破夜歩佐波阿梅珥能朋利等弭箇既梨伊莵岐餓宇倍能娑奘岐等羅佐泥 [Man'yōgana]
- 隼は天にのぼり飛びかけりいつきが上の鷦鷯とらさね [Modern spelling]
- hayabusa wa ame ni nobori tobikakeri itsuki ga ue no sazaki torasane
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- (Shinto) Short for 斎皇女 (itsuki no miko): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Derived terms
- 斎子 (itsukiko)
- 斎皇女, 斎王 (itsuki no miko)
- 斎宮 (itsuki no miya)
- 斎女 (itsukime)
Etymology 4
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From Old Japanese. Possibly a doublet of 斎 (yu) below.[2]
Etymology 5
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From Old Japanese. Possibly a doublet of 斎 (i) above.[2]
Noun
斎 • (yu)
- (Shinto) holy, pure, sacred
Derived terms
- 齋つ (yutsu)
- 斎庭 (yuniwa)
- 齋う (yumau)
- 齋わる (yumawaru)
Etymology 6
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Noun
斎 • (imi)
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Derived terms
- 斎斧 (imiono)
- 斎子 (imiko)
- 斎宮 (imimiya)
Etymology 7
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Shift from imi above.[1]
Noun
斎 • (imu)
- Synonym of 斎 (imi) (see Etymology 6 above)
Derived terms
- 斎斧 (imuono)
- 斎子 (imuko), 斎子 (inko)
Etymology 8
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Noun
斎 • (iwai) ←いはひ (ifafi)?
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Derived terms
- 斎斧 (iwaiono)
- 斎宮 (iwai no miya)
- 斎主 (iwainushi)
Etymology 9
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Nominalization of classical adjective 等し (hitoshi), modern 等しい (hitoshii, “equal, same”).
References
Vovin, Alexander (2020) A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (2 vols), →ISBN, page 53, →ISBN