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Kanji Information Sheet for 幕 ( PDF version )
English: curtain bunting act of play | On-Yomi: マク バク | Kun-Yomi: No Kun-yomi readings found for this kanji |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
巾 (はば) – cloth
艾 (カイ, ゲイ, もぐさ, よもぎ, おさ.める, か.る) – moxa; sagebrush; wormwood; mugwort
艸 (ソウ, くさ, くさかんむり, そうこう) – grass; plants
巾 (はば) – cloth
艾 (カイ, ゲイ, もぐさ, よもぎ, おさ.める, か.る) – moxa; sagebrush; wormwood; mugwort
艸 (ソウ, くさ, くさかんむり, そうこう) – grass; plants
Henshall Mnemonic: big curtain of threaded grass shades out sun
Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 6
Frequency: #835 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #835 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 幕切れ [まくぎれ]
(n) fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act [K] [D] [Jisho] - 幕内 [まくうち]
(n) highest rank in sumo [K] [D] [Jisho] - 幕府 [ばくふ]
(n) bakufu; shogunate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 幕末 [ばくまつ]
(n) closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of Edo era [K] [D] [Jisho] - 幕僚 [ばくりょう]
(n) staff; staff officer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 横断幕 [おうだんまく]
(n) banner strung across a street [K] [D] [Jisho] - 平幕 [ひらまく]
(n) rank-and-file wrestlers in sumo's highest division [K] [D] [Jisho] - 黒幕 [くろまく]
(n) black curtain; wire puller; political fixer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 垂れ幕 [たれまく]
(n) hanging screen; curtain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 内幕 [うちまく]
(n) lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings; undisclosed circumstances [K] [D] [Jisho] - 内幕 [ないまく]
(n) lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings; undisclosed circumstances [K] [D] [Jisho] - 入幕 [にゅうまく]
(n) advancing to the first grade [K] [D] [Jisho] - 開幕 [かいまく]
(n) raising the curtain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一幕 [ひとまく]
(n) one act [K] [D] [Jisho] - 字幕 [じまく]
(n) title; subtitle [K] [D] [Jisho] - 閉幕 [へいまく]
(n) falling of the curtain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 序幕 [じょまく]
(n) curtain-raiser; prologue [K] [D] [Jisho] - 幕下 [まくした]
(n) junior class sumo wrestler or division [K] [D] [Jisho] - 幕開け [まくあけ]
(n) beginning; opening (of play) [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.