斎

Glyph origin
Unorthodox variant of.

Kanji

 * 1) cleansing, purification
 * 2) Buddhist service
 * 3) room

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
Extension of.

Noun

 * 1)  meals exchanged between priests and parishioners

Etymology 3
From.

Nominalization of the of verb.

Noun

 * 1)  sacred ground

Etymology 4
From. Possibly a below.

Prefix

 * 1)   holy, pure, sacred

Etymology 5
From. Possibly a above.

Noun

 * 1)  holy, pure, sacred

Etymology 7
Shift from imi above.

Noun

 * 1)  (see Etymology 6 above)

Etymology 9
Nominalization of classical adjective, modern.