幕
幕 — Curtain
curtain, bunting, act of play
On’yomiマク (maku)
On’yomiバク (baku)
Kun’yomiとばり (tobari)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 幕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 開幕 | かいまく kaimaku | raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start |
| 幕 | まく maku | curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain |
| 一幕 | ひとまく hitomaku | one act (of a play); scene; event |
| 幕内 | まくうち makuuchi | makuuchi; top division (of professional sumo) |
| 幕開け | まくあけ makuake | rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era) |
| 幕末 | ばくまつ bakumatsu | Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period |
Study notes
幕 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #835 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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