U+9F4B "齋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
齋
U+9F4B "齋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "abstinence," "fasting," or "purification," often in a religious or ceremonial context such as vegetarian diets or spiritual retreats. It also conveys the idea of a study or scriptorium, particularly a humble building or room used for scholarly work, meditation, or literary pursuits. In Japanese, this character is read as "sai" and appears in terms like "saijiki" (a seasonal almanac for haiku) and "shosai" (a study or library). The character combines the radical "齊" (qi, meaning "even" or "uniform") with elements suggesting ritual cleanliness, reflecting its deep roots in East Asian cultural practices involving discipline and reflection.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9F4B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 齋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 齋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xBD 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9F4B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009F4B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9f4b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C24E |
| kCCCII | 21627E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-763A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-763A |
| kCangjie | YXF |
| kCantonese | zaai1 |
| kCihaiT | 1570.501 |
| kCowles | 69 |
| kDaeJaweon | 2069.010 |
| kDefinition | vegetarian diet; study; to fast, abstain |
| kEACC | 21627E |
| kFanqie | 側皆 |
| kFenn | 421F |
| kFennIndex | 9.10 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0022.3 0022.4 |
| kGB1 | 5311 |
| kGSR | 0593y |
| kHangul | 재:0N |
| kHanYu | 74785.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74785.030:zhāi |
| kHKGlyph | 4747 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 2069.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74785.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1531.120 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-552B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C24E |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6337 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EBE3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6E31 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-763A |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-916D |
| kJapanese | サイ シ とき |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | MONOIMI TSUTSUSHIMU |
| kJapaneseOn | SAI SHI |
| kJis0 | 6723 |
| kKangXi | 1531.120 |
| kKorean | CAY |
| kLau | 1276 |
| kMandarin | zhāi |
| kMatthews | 115 |
| kMeyerWempe | 62 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ030060 MJ030060:E0102 MJ030062:E0103 MJ030061:E0104 MJ059306:E0105 MJ030063:E0106 |
| kMorohashi | 48565 48565:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 56* |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5898+210.14.3 V+14170+210.13.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 210.3 |
| kSBGY | 095.28 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+658B<kLau,kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "斋" U+658B CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 831.03 16.27 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhāi粵zaai1 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+9F4A<kFenn |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7872 |
| kTang | *jræi jræi |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 261:361 |
| kXHC1983 | 1449.071:zhāi |