膳 — kanji meaning “small low table”
膳
small low table, tray
- Meanings
- small low table, tray
- On'yomi
- ゼン (zen)、セン (sen)
- Kun'yomi
- かしわ、すす.める、そな.える
- Name readings
- ぜ、よし
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 8
- Newspaper frequency
- #2120 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 130
- Chinese reading
- shàn — Chinese character page
Words with 膳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 配膳 | はいぜん haizen | setting a place; setting the table |
| お膳立て | おぜんだて ozendate | setting the table; laying the table |
| 御膳 | ごぜん gozen | meal |
| 膳所 | ぜんしょ zensho | kitchen |
| 据え膳 | すえぜん suezen | meal set before one |
| 大膳 | だいぜん daizen | black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola) |
| 食膳 | しょくぜん shokuzen | dining table; a dish (type of food) |
| 本膳 | ほんぜん honzen | main course (of a formal meal) |
| 陰膳 | かげぜん kagezen | tray for absent one |
| お膳 | おぜん ozen | four-legged tray for festive food |
| 一の膳 | いちのぜん ichinozen | 1st course at a banquet |
| 一膳 | いちぜん ichizen | bowl (of rice) |
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