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膳 means 'tray'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1533   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-24    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 4 words   Used in 32 words   Used in 88 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ゼン
Additional readings
On    セン
Kun    かしわ   すすめる   そなえる
Name    ぜ   よし
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Learn about inventions in Japanese dining, such as box trays and low personal tables, both of which people whisk away after meals. Read about formal meals in which one eats from dishes on multiple trays, and learn when a tray should or shouldn't have legs. Find out why a popular bento box has theater connections and why one meal-related term means "a woman's sexual advances."
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⿰  ⺼ (肉) body part  善 virtuous  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 膳 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 膳 is used 31 times, read 1 way.
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ぜ ん 0
noun
1. small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs)
2. meal; food; serving  (see also: 御膳)
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An additional 1 less common words include 膳 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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膳
ゼン    tray, small serving table   
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善
ゼン   virtuous   よい virtous, good   
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羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
䒑
grass   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⺼
ニク body part   
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