U+658B "斋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
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U+658B "斋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily signifies "abstinence," "fasting," or "a vegetarian diet," often in a religious or spiritual context. It also refers to a "study" or "studio," particularly one used for meditation, writing, or scholarly pursuits, and appears in terms like "书斋" for a study room. In East Asian cultures, especially in Buddhism and Taoism, the character conveys the idea of purifying oneself through self discipline or temporary renunciation of certain foods or behaviors.
General Properties
Code Point
U+658B
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
斋
HTML Hex Encoding
斋
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE6 0x96 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding
0x658B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000658B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u658b
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kCCCII
22366C
kCNS1986
E-3140
kCNS1992
3-3140
kCangjie
YKMBL
kCantonese
zaai1
kCihaiT
611.504
kDaeJaweon
0835.020
kDefinition
vegetarian diet; study
kEACC
2D627E
kFennIndex
9.10
kFourCornerCode
0022
kGB0
5311
kHanYu
32170.070
kIICore
AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32170.070
kIRG_GSource
G0-552B
kIRG_HSource
H-8C7E
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-013046
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-4874
kIRG_TSource
T3-3140
kJapanese
サイ
kTGH
2013:2029
kKangXi
0477.050
kLau
1276
kMainlandTelegraph
7872
kMandarin
zhāi
kMatthews
115
kMojiJoho
MJ013046
kMorohashi
13460
kNelson
2070
kPhonetic
56 1537
kRSUnicode
67.6
kSemanticVariant
U+9F4B<kLau,kMatthews
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
281.02
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+9F4A<kFenn
kTGHZ2013
463.150:zhāi
kTotalStrokes
10
kTraditionalVariant
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kXHC1983
1449.070:zhāi