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膳

膳 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 食事一式。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「肉」 + 音符「善」。「食事」を意味する漢語｛膳｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

small low table, tray

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゼンJHS
  • セン
Kun (native)
  • かしわ
  • すす(める)
  • そな(える)
Nanori (used in names)
  • ぜ
  • よし
Other languages
  • 拼音shan4
  • 한글seon
  • Hán-ViệtThiện

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Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+81B3

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰月善

Words using this kanji

  • 膳ぜん（ゼン）一人前の食器と食物を載せる台。 （ゼン）一人前の食事。small dining table (usu. for a single person), serving tray (with legs), meal, food
  • 膳部ぜんぶ膳にのせて提供する食事。 料理を扱う者。 「かしわでべ」の漢字表記。food (on a table; esp. a small Japanese table), dinner, cover (in a restaurant), cook
  • 膳所ぜんしょkitchen
  • 膳越しぜんごしrudely reaching over one's serving tray to grab food behind it with one's chopsticks
  • 膳立てぜんだて膳に食器や料理を揃えること。膳を並べること。 準備をすること。setting the table, laying the table, setting up, getting one's ducks in a row

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Lookup codes

SKIP
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7826.1
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4b12.2
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1113
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3817