U+9F4B "齋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74785.030
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
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
kJapaneseNewVariant
U+658E