Memory phrase for the character: 斎

斎

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Meaning

purification, abstain, exorcise

Pronunciation

 SAI

Explanation

 Top: text 文 (A folding table 文 for writing a text.), below center: to show, altar 示, outside: limitation 亅丨

Mnemonic
 
A text on the altar explains the limits of (inner) purification.

Radicals

斉 equal, similar
文 textLooks like a folding table, at which you can write your text.
礻 to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of "to show" 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
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 Vocabulary

書斎 しょさい  study

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