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膳 — meal tray

膳 means “meal tray”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. On'yomi: ゼン (zen). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 膳 (zen, “small dining table; serving tray”).

膳
Stroke order of 膳
Meaning
meal tray
On'yomi
ゼン (zen)
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
16
Level
JLPT N1 · set Food & cooking 3

How to remember 膳

Sounds like 善: both read ゼン.

Parts: 月 moon; flesh · 善 virtuous

Words with 膳

WordReadingMeaning
膳ぜん zen onsmall dining table; serving tray

Don't confuse it with

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