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幕 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「巾」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「巾」
On
マク・バクまく・ばく · maku · baku
Kun
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Meaning
curtain; act (of a play)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

巾 "cloth" under 莫 "to cover"; cloth hung to cover — hence "curtain," and an "act" of a play.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onマクまくmaku幕切れまくぎれ天幕てんまく暗幕あんまく
Onバクばくbaku幕府ばくふ幕末ばくまつ幕僚ばくりょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 開幕かいまく

    curtain rise; opening

  • 幕府ばくふ

    shogunate

More words with this kanji

  • 帷幕いばく
  • 天幕てんまく
  • 幔幕まんまく
  • 垂れ幕たれまく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

劇(げき)の幕(まく)が上(あ)がった。

The curtain rose on the play.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

幕府開幕幕府govern…開open巾cloth巴comma…市city布cloth帆sail麦wheat狢a badg…莫do not博broad寞lonely
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 巾Map of reading マクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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