Hanja Analyzer
膳

膳 — seon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
선물/반찬 선
Romanization
seon
English
meals, provisions, board
Mandarin
shàn
Japanese on'yomi
ゼン, セン
Japanese kun'yomi
かしわ すす.める そな.える
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,120 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Variant forms
饍
Radical
肉 (130, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
善(선)
Unicode
U+81B3

Parts that make up 膳

  • 月 고기 육, 둘레 유variant of 肉 저며 놓은 고깃덩이몸의 살과 장기. 왼쪽·아래에서 月 로 쓴다
  • 善 착할 선sound

How 膳 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 膳 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 肉, 善.

Korean example words with 膳

  • 생선生膳 Korean gloss: ‘생일 선물’을 줄여 이르는 말
  • 소선素膳 Korean gloss: 고기나 생선이 들어 있지 아니한 반찬
  • 침선針膳 Korean gloss: 바느질과 반찬 만드는 일을 통틀어 이르는 말
  • 선물膳物 Korean gloss: 남에게 어떤 물건 따위를 선사함. 또는 그 물건
  • 식선食膳 Korean gloss: 사람이 먹을 수 있도록 만든, 밥이나 국 따위의 물건
  • 선사하다膳賜 Korean gloss: 존경, 친근, 애정의 뜻을 나타내기 위하여 남에게 선물을 주다
  • 선물점膳物店 Korean gloss: 선물 따위를 파는 가게
  • 선물비膳物費 Korean gloss: 선물을 사는 데 드는 돈
  • 선물용膳物用 Korean gloss: 선물로 쓰임. 또는 그런 물건
  • 선사품膳賜品 Korean gloss: 존경, 친근, 애정의 뜻을 나타내기 위하여 남에게 주는 물품
  • 선물전膳物展 Korean gloss: 백화점이나 시장 따위에서, 명절이나 어버이날과 같은 특별한 날에 선물용품을 한데 벌여 놓고 판매하는 일. 또는 그런 판매
  • 주선廚膳 Korean gloss: 조리한 음식.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 膳

  • 膳ぜん small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal
  • お膳おぜん four-legged tray for festive food
  • 一膳いちぜん bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)
  • 陰膳かげぜん tray for absent one
  • 本膳ほんぜん main course (of a formal meal); extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)
  • 客膳きゃくぜん low tray of food for guests
  • 配膳はいぜん setting a place; setting the table
  • 膳部ぜんぶ food (on a table; esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant)
  • 食膳しょくぜん dining table; a dish (type of food)
  • 大膳だいぜん black-bellied plover; grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
  • 薬膳やくぜん medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)
  • 珍膳ちんぜん uncommon and delicious meal

Characters sharing the phonetic 善

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “선” in Korean.

Other hanja read “선”

Other hanja with radical 肉

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences