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膳 = 善 + 月

膳 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dining tray”. It is built from 善 (virtuous) and 月 (month). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1113.

Keyword
dining tray
RTK frame
1113
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゼン, セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かしわ, すす.める, そな.える
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
small low table, обеденный лоток
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
膳 meals

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 善 virtuous
  2. 月 month

How to find 膳 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “virtuous” + “month”. 膳 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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