Read Edit View history Discussion 斋 zhāi vegetarian diet Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 齋. Phonosemantic compound. 示 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhāi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 斋 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 齋 ×斋 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 斋 Simp strokes 斋 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the bottom half of the traditional character 齋. 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