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Kanji for Purification
The kanji for “purification” is 斎, read sai and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
purification
To purify mind and body before the gods.
11 strokes On reading サイ (sai) Kun reading とき、つつしむ、ものいみ (toki, tsutsushimu, monoimi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sai
In Japan it appears in about 161 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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