幕

幕 U+5E55, 幕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E55 ← 幔 [U+5E54] CJK Unified Ideographs 幖 → [U+5E56]

Translingual

Stroke order

Mainland China and Japan (For Hong Kong and Taiwan, split stroke 1 into two lines; the RHS line is written after stroke 2 and before stroke 3.)

Han character

幕 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+11 in traditional Chinese, 巾+10 in mainland China and Japanese, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese, 13 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿日大月 (TAKB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱莫巾)

Related characters

• 募 墓 慕
• 模 膜

References

• KangXi: page 335, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9051
• Dae Jaweon: page 642, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 749, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5E55

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Chinese

trad.		幕
simp. #		幕
2nd round simp.		𫯜
alternative forms		幙

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 幕
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (莫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蟆	*mraː
鬕	*mraːɡs
饃	*maːl
模	*maː
摸	*maː, *maːɡ
嫫	*maː
謨	*maː
膜	*maː, *maːɡ
摹	*maː
暮	*maːɡs
慕	*maːɡs
募	*maːɡs
墓	*maːɡs
慔	*maːɡs
莫	*maːɡ
寞	*maːɡ
漠	*maːɡ
幕	*maːɡ
鏌	*maːɡ
瘼	*maːɡ
鄚	*maːɡ
瞙	*maːɡ
嗼	*maːɡ, *mraːɡ
塻	*maːɡ
貘	*mraːɡ
驀	*mraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maːɡ): phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ) + semantic 巾 (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mù (mu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mok
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): mu (T3); moq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mù
    • Wade–Giles: mu4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶
    • Yale: mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mok
    • Hakka Romanization System: mog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /mok̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘
    • Tâi-lô: bōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mo⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: mu (T3); moq (T5)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mv̩ʷ²³/, /mʊʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɑk̚/

Rime
Character	幕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	慕各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mak̚/
Li Rong	/mɑk̚/
Wang Li	/mɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	幕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mù
Middle Chinese	‹ mak ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁak/
English	covering
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幕
Reading #	1/1
No.	9257
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/

Definitions

幕

1. curtain; screen; tent

Compounds

Derived terms from 幕

• 一幕
• 作幕
• 入幕之賓／入幕之宾
• 內幕／内幕 (nèimù)
• 內幕消息／内幕消息
• 劇幕／剧幕
• 報幕／报幕 (bàomù)
• 報幕員／报幕员 (bàomùyuán)
• 多幕劇／多幕剧
• 夜幕 (yèmù)
• 夜幕低垂
• 大銀幕／大银幕 (dàyínmù)
• 天幕 (tiānmù)
• 字幕 (zìmù)
• 字幕匣
• 字幕機／字幕机
• 屏幕 (píngmù)
• 布幕
• 帘幕
• 席地幕天
• 帳幕／帐幕 (zhàngmù)
• 帷幕 (wéimù)
• 幕上
• 幕上燕巢
• 幕侵天
• 幕僚 (mùliáo)
• 幕僚機關／幕僚机关
• 幕前

• 幕友
• 幕員／幕员
• 幕士
• 幕天席地 (mùtiānxídì)
• 幕客
• 幕布 (mùbù)
• 幕府 (mùfǔ)
• 幕府時代／幕府时代
• 幕後／幕后 (mùhòu)
• 幕燕鼎魚／幕燕鼎鱼
• 幕竿
• 幕籬／幕篱
• 幕職／幕职
• 幕賓／幕宾
• 幕道
• 序幕 (xùmù)
• 德川幕府 (Déchuān Mùfǔ)
• 戎幕
• 揭幕 (jiēmù)
• 放映影幕
• 放煙幕／放烟幕
• 毳幕 (cuìmù)
• 江戶幕府／江户幕府 (Jiānghù Mùfǔ)
• 煙幕／烟幕 (yānmù)
• 煙幕彈／烟幕弹 (yānmùdàn)
• 熒幕廣告／荧幕广告
• 燕巢幕上

• 燕巢於幕／燕巢于幕
• 獨幕劇／独幕剧 (dúmùjù)
• 玻璃帷幕
• 環幕電影／环幕电影
• 簾幕／帘幕
• 結幕／结幕 (jiémù)
• 舉袂成幕／举袂成幕
• 芙蓉幕
• 菌幕
• 落幕 (luòmù)
• 蓮幕／莲幕
• 螢光幕／萤光幕 (yíngguāngmù)
• 螢幕／萤幕 (yíngmù)
• 謝幕／谢幕 (xièmù)
• 退居幕後／退居幕后
• 遊幕／游幕
• 釜魚幕燕／釜鱼幕燕
• 銀幕／银幕 (yínmù)
• 鐮倉幕府／镰仓幕府
• 鐵幕／铁幕 (tiěmù)
• 門幕／门幕
• 閉幕／闭幕 (bìmù)
• 閉幕典禮／闭幕典礼
• 閉幕式／闭幕式 (bìmùshì)
• 開幕／开幕 (kāimù)
• 開幕式／开幕式 (kāimùshì)
• 黑幕 (hēimù)

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Japanese

Kanji

幕

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. curtain
2. act

Readings

• Go-on: まく (maku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ばく (baku, Jōyō)
• Kun: おおう (ōu, 幕う); とばり (tobari, 幕)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
幕
まく Grade: 6
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 幕 (MC mɑk̚).

Noun

幕(まく) • (maku) ^{←まく (maku)?}

1. curtain

   幕(まく)を下(お)ろす

   maku o orosu

   to lower the curtains

2. act (division of theatrical performance)

Compounds

• 煙(えん)幕(まく) (enmaku)
• 幕(ばく)営(えい) (bakuei)
• 一(ひと)幕(まく) (hitomaku)
• 幕(まく)下(した) (makushita)
• 幕(ばく)議(ぎ) (bakugi)
• 幕(ばく)臣(しん) (bakushin)
• 幕(ばく)府(ふ) (bakufu)
• 幕(ばく)僚(りょう) (bakuryō)
• 幕(まく)間(あい) (makuai)
• 幕(まく)内(うち) (makuuchi)

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Korean

Hanja

幕 (eum 막 (mak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

幕: Hán Nôm readings: mạc

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