書斎

Japanese
Kanji in this term
書 斎
しょ
Grade: 2		 さい
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
書齋 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

First attested in the late 800s.[1] Appears to be a borrowing from Middle Chinese 書齋 (MC ɕɨʌ t͡ʃˠɛi, “a reading room, a study”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

書(しょ)斎(さい) • (shosai) 

  1. a reading room, a study, a den

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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