膳

膳	U+81B3, 膳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81B3

Translingual

Han character

膳 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月廿土口 (BTGR) or 月廿廿口 (BTTR), four-corner 7826₅, composition ⿰月善)

Derived characters

𧃇

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 995, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29891
Dae Jaweon: page 1446, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2113, character 11
Unihan data for U+81B3

Chinese

trad.		膳
simp. ^#		膳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 膳
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (善) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
橏	*tjenʔ
嫸	*tjenʔ
善	*ɡjenʔ
譱	*ɡjenʔ
蟮	*djanʔ
鱔	*djanʔ
僐	djenʔ, djens
鄯	djenʔ, djens
墡	*djenʔ
磰	*djenʔ
繕	*ɡjens
膳	*djens
饍	*djens

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djens) : semantic ⺼ + phonetic 善 (OC *ɡjenʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàn (shan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siān
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
  - Wade–Giles: shan⁴
  - Yale: shàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
  - Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sin⁶
  - Yale: sihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān
  - Tâi-lô: siān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zoe
  - MiniDict: zoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/

Middle Chinese: dzyenH

Rime
Character	膳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	時戰切
Baxter	dzyenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑian^H/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛn^H/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*djens/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膳
Reading #	1/1
No.	11094
Phonetic component	善
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	繕
Old Chinese	/*djens/

Definitions

膳

^† to prepare food
^† to offer food
^† meal

Compounds

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

膳

Wikipedia ^ja

膳 (zen): Meal trays arranged in rows

Kanji

膳

(Jōyō kanji)

small table; tray

Readings

Go-on: ぜん (zen, Jōyō)
Kan-on: せん (sen)
Kun: そなえる (sonaeru, 膳える)、かしわ (kashiwa, 膳)、すすめる (susumeru)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
膳
ぜん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

膳(ぜん) • (zen)

small Japanese meal tray
a prepared meal, (especially) food a drink arranged on such a tray

Counter

膳(ぜん) • (-zen)

pairs of chopsticks
bowls of rice

Korean

Hanja

膳 (eumhun 반찬 선 (banchan seon))
膳 (eumhun 선물 선 (seonmul seon))

hanja form^? of 선 (“meal”)
hanja form^? of 선 (“gift; present”)

Compounds

선물 (膳物, seonmul, “gift; present”)

Vietnamese

Han character

膳 (thiện)

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