U+658E "斎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+658E "斎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally meaning "purification," "abstinence," or "a place for meditation or study," and it is commonly used in East Asian contexts, particularly in Japanese where it often forms part of terms like "斎場" (sai ba, a funeral hall) or refers to a period of ritual cleansing. This character is a variant of the more common 齋 (U+9F4B), and its usage spans across classical and modern texts, appearing in religious, cultural, and architectural terminology to denote a state of spiritual or physical purity.
General Properties
Code Point
U+658E
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
斎
HTML Hex Encoding
斎
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE6 0x96 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding
0x658E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000658E
C/C++/Java Escape
\u658e
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kCCCII
27627E
kCNS1986
E-3639
kCNS1992
3-3639
kCangjie
YKLML
kCantonese
zaai1
kDaeJaweon
0835.080
kDefinition
vegetarian diet; study
kEACC
27627E
kFourCornerCode
0022.4
kHanYu
32170.111 80044.200
kIICore
AJ
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32170.111
kIRG_GSource
GE-3B47
kIRG_JSource
J0-3A58
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-4876
kIRG_KSource
K2-3827
kIRG_TSource
T3-3639
kIRG_VSource
V1-5831
kJapanese
サイ シ とき いつき いつく いわい いわう
kJoyoKanji
2010
kJapaneseKun
MONOIMI TSUTSUSHIMU TOKI
kJapaneseOn
SAI
kJis0
2656
kKangXi
0477.091
kMandarin
zhāi
kMojiJoho
MJ013050 MJ013049:E0102 MJ013050:E0103
kMorohashi
13467 13467:E0103
kNelson
5425
kPhonetic
56
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2120+67.4.7 C+2120+210.8.3 V+20134+67.4.7 V+20134+210.8.3
kRSUnicode
67.7
kTotalStrokes
11
kUnihanCore2020
J
kVietnamese
trai
kJapaneseOldVariant
U+9F4B