Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

幕: curtain, bunting

Also: act of play

JLPT N113 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

巾 carries the meaning · 莫 gives the sound

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

マクmaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 幕まくcurtain (theater), hanging
  • 天幕てんまくcurtain, tent, pavilion
  • 内幕ないまくinside information
  • 煙幕えんまくsmoke screen
  • 垂れ幕たれまくhanging screen, curtain
  • 除幕式じょまくしきunveiling ceremony
  • 開幕するかいまくするraise the curtain

バクbaku · on'yomi

  • 幕府ばくふbakufu, shogunate
  • 幕末ばくまつEnd of Edo era

Also read とばり, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Fresh from the loom! This radical represents the soft, woven materials we use every day—from a simple "towel" to a grand "banner" carried into battle.”
More in the 巾 cloth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
莫

Also built on 莫

The 莫 family reads ボ (bo); 幕 is read マク、バク.

巾

Also built on cloth (巾)

All 15

Also read マク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Also read バク

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
幕 curtain · 巾
vs募 recruit · 力
幕 has 巾 where 募 has 力.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mù

Same form: 幕 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
幕 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
幕 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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