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幕

curtain
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingマク、バク
Kun readingとばり
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. curtainRtK
    定刻前に幕が上がり始めたのはおかしかった。To our amusement, the curtain began to rise ahead of time.tatoeba
  2. act
  3. hanging
  4. scene
  5. tent
  1. act (in a play)
  2. falling of the curtain
  3. end (of a scene)
  4. end

Synonyms

幕内

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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graveyard · flowers (艹) · sun (日) · day (日) · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬) · towel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 437

Compound words

幕の内まくのうち
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables); makunouchi; makuuchi; top division (of professional sumo); intermission (between acts)
一幕ひとまく
one act (of a play); scene; event
開幕かいまく
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
黒幕くろまく
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator; éminence grise
字幕じまく
subtitles; captioning
序幕じょまく
curtain-raiser; prologue
入幕にゅうまく
advancing to the first grade
閉幕へいまく
falling of the curtain; (coming to an) end; close
幕内まくうち
makuuchi; top division (of professional sumo)
幕府ばくふ
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
幕僚ばくりょう
staff; staff officer
内幕うちまく
lowdown; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings
幕末ばくまつ
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
幕下まくした
third highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division
平幕ひらまく
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
幕開けまくあけ
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
幕切れまくぎれ
fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending; close
垂れ幕たれまく
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
横断幕おうだんまく
horizontal banner
引幕ひきまく
draw curtain
煙幕えんまく
smokescreen
佐幕さばく
adherence to the shogunate
天幕てんまく
tent, canopy
幕間まくあい
intermission, interval

Additional Examples

彼は非常な剣幕で私をにらみ付けた。
He glared at me fiercely.tatoeba
彼は内幕をばらすといっていますよ。
He says he'll blow the story open.tatoeba
何か手伝うことがあるかと思って来てみたけど、私の出る幕はなさそうだね。
I came here to see if there was something I could do to help, but there doesn't seem to be anything for me to do.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

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