Dong Chinese dictionary

zhāi

vegetarian diet

Components

文 Meaning component

wén

writing

culture

而 Unknown component

ér

and

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

zhāi

vegetarian diet; study; to fast, abstain; to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; study room; building; to give alms (to a monk)

zhāi

old variant of 齋|斋[zhāi]

Most common words with 斋

Sources