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幕
JLPT N1 SL6 13 strokes Frequency: #835

Meanings

Curtain, Bunting, Act Of Play

Radicals

塞

Decomposition

⿱莫巾

Etymology

Pictophonetic: curtain

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 vertical right-to-left
3 vertical right-to-left
4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
6 horizontal bottom-to-top
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 horizontal bottom-to-top
9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
12 hook bottom-to-top
13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
バク baku
マク maku
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
とばり tobari

Words Using This Kanji

133 words total
Other (20 words)
幕を引く まくをひく

to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.)

幕を閉じる まくをとじる

to lower the curtain (at the end of a play)

暗幕 あんまく

blackout curtain

開幕戦 かいまくせん

opening game

幕内最高優勝 まくうちさいこうゆうしょう

tournament win in the highest division

幕内格 まくうちかく

referee officiating at bouts of rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division

幕下格 まくしたかく

referee officiating the third highest division

幕下付け出し まくしたつけだし

very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division

水引幕 みずひきまく

purple curtain on the hanging roof above the ring

幕下上位 まくしたじょうい

30 highest ranked makushita wrestlers

新入幕 しんにゅうまく

wrestler newly promoted to makuuchi division

再入幕 さいにゅうまく

wrestler re-promoted to makuuchi division

幕内十年 まくうちじゅうねん

10 year career in the highest division is enough for anyone

幕に上がる まくにあがる

to be promoted to makuuchi (of a juryo-division wrestler)

旧幕時代 きゅうばくじだい

the shogunate period

のべつ幕なし のべつまくなし

without a break

一幕見席 ひとまくみせき

special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

統幕会議 とうばくかいぎ

Joint Staff Council

出る幕ではない でるまくではない

it is none of one's business

煙幕を張る えんまくをはる

to throw up a smoke screen