膳

膳 U+81B3, 膳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81B3 ← 膲 [U+81B2] CJK Unified Ideographs 膴 → [U+81B4]

Translingual

Han character

膳 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月廿土口 (BTGR) or 月廿廿口 (BTTR), four-corner 7826₅, composition ⿰月善)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 995, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29891
• Dae Jaweon: page 1446, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2113, character 11
• Unihan data for U+81B3

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Chinese

trad.		膳
simp. #		膳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 膳
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (善) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
橏	*tjenʔ
嫸	*tjenʔ
善	*ɡjenʔ
譱	*ɡjenʔ
蟮	*djanʔ
鱔	*djanʔ
僐	*djenʔ, *djens
鄯	*djenʔ, *djens
墡	*djenʔ
磰	*djenʔ
繕	*ɡjens
膳	*djens
饍	*djens

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djens) : semantic ⺼ + phonetic 善 (OC *ɡjenʔ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 膳

1. ^† to prepare food
2. ^† to offer food
3. ^† meal

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Japanese

膳 (zen): Meal trays arranged in rows

Kanji

膳

(Jōyō kanji)

1. small table; tray

Readings

• Go-on: ぜん (zen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: そなえる (sonaeru, 膳える)、かしわ (kashiwa, 膳)、すすめる (susumeru)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
膳
ぜん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

膳(ぜん) • (zen) 

1. small Japanese meal tray
2. a prepared meal, (especially) food a drink arranged on such a tray

Counter

膳(ぜん) or 膳(counter) • (zen or counter) [[Category:Japanese
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1. pairs of chopsticks
2. bowls of rice

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Korean

Hanja

膳 (eumhun 반찬 선 (banchan seon))
膳 (eumhun 선물 선 (seonmul seon))

1. hanja form^? of 선 (“meal”)
2. hanja form^? of 선 (“gift; present”)

Compounds

• 선물 (膳物, seonmul, “gift; present”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

膳 (thiện)

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