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Kanji Detail for 膳 - "small low table, tray"
膳
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Meaning
膳 means "small low table, tray."
Tray - A stand for dishes and food; dining tray.
Offering - Food offerings; cuisine; feast.
To serve - To present food; to offer meals.
To eat - To consume; to dine.
Meal - Food; dining; rice.
Counter for chopsticks - Unit for counting pairs of chopsticks.
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Tattoo check: 膳
- Verified meaning: small low table, tray
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read かしわで, ぜん)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 膳
Surnames 膳(かしわで)
膳(ぜん)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
small low table; tray
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
meals, provisions, board
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
meals
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
meals, provisions
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To prepare food. The ancient official in charge of the kitchen was called 膳宰 (food steward). Colloquially, eating is called 用膳.
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Sentences including 膳
すっかりお膳立てができている。
It's all laid on.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
下宿した当座は万事客扱いだったので、食事のたびに下女が膳を運んで来てくれたのですが、それがいつの間にか崩れて、飯時には向うへ呼ばれて行く習慣になっていたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
下女を呼んで膳を下げさせた上、鉄瓶に水を注したり、火鉢の縁を拭いたりして、私に調子を合わせています。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
下宿した当座は万事客扱いだったので、食事のたびに下女が膳を運んで来てくれたのですが、それがいつの間にか崩れて、飯時には向うへ呼ばれて行く習慣になっていたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
下女を呼んで膳を下げさせた上、鉄瓶に水を注したり、火鉢の縁を拭いたりして、私に調子を合わせています。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
More kanji with the radical 肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)
- 肉 meat, body, to gain weight
- 肋 rib
- 肌 skin, surface, texture
- 肖 to resemble, portrait, small
- 肘 elbow, to restrain
- 肝 liver, heart, key point
- 股 thigh, crotch, branch
- 肢 limb, extremity, branch
- 肥 fertile, fat, to fatten
- 肩 shoulder, to bear, young animal
- 肪 fat, fatty
- 肯 to consent, to affirm, willing
- 育 to give birth, to raise, to grow
- 肴 cooked meat, to disturb, side dish
- 肺 lung, heart, red
- 胃 stomach, to digest
- 胆 gallbladder, courage, nerve
- 背 back, to abandon, to betray
- 胎 womb, fetus, pregnancy
- 胞 cell, membrane, sibling
- 胡 barbarian, random, what
- 胤 to succeed, lineage
- 胴 torso, body
- 胸 chest, heart, mind
- 能 ability, talent, can
- 脂 fat, tree sap, rouge