漢字Kanji
斉: adjusted, alike
Also: equal, similar variety of
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
文 and 二 are drawn in
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 一斉いっせいsimultaneous; all at once
- 斉唱せいしょうsinging in unison; chanting in unison
- 一斉にいっせいにsimultaneously; all at once; in unison
Also read サイ, そろう, ひとしい, ひとしく, あたる, はやい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
Multiple neatly arranged fruits or thorns. The oracle bone script of 櫅 depicts these growing on a tree.
Source: Wiktionary, 齊 (rev. 92718402), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Marks (文) + alignment. Originally related to patterns on a cloth being perfectly aligned or "alike," leading to the meaning of unity.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
斉 gives its sound to
The family reading is サイ (sai). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
In ChineseSimplified 齐 · traditional 齊 · qí
Three different forms: Japanese 斉, simplified 齐, traditional 齊.
- Simplified
- 齐 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 齊 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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