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Meanings

  • small low table
  • tray

Readings

  • ぜん
  • せん
  • かしわ
  • すす
  • そな
Strokes
16
Frequency
#2126

Common Words

  • 膳部ぜんぶfood (on a table; esp. a small Japanese table), dinner, cover (in a restaurant)
  • 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setting the table, laying the table
  • お膳おぜんfour-legged tray for festive food

Data: KANJIDIC2 & JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0)