膳 – small low table, tray

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The kanji 膳 means small low table, tray. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゼン、セン (zen, sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かしわ、すす.める、そな.える (kashiwa, susumeru, sonaeru). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゼン	zen
On’yomi	セン	sen
Kun’yomi	かしわ	kashiwa
Kun’yomi	すす.める	susumeru
Kun’yomi	そな.える	sonaeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 王・月・口・并・羊.

Words using 膳

膳ぜんsmall dining table (usu. for a single person)

Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.