斋

Traditional: 亝
zhāi
Dictionary entry
old variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]

What does 斋 mean?

斋 (zhāi) has 2 dictionary entries or readings.

1old variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]
2to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
3vegetarian diet
4study room
5building
6to give alms (to a monk)

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