幕

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

幕 (radical 50 巾+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿日大月 (TAKB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱莫巾)

1. curtain, screen, tent

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: volume 1, page 749, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5E55

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		幕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mù (mu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: mu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh
    • IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶
    • Yale: mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mok
    • Hakka Romanization System: mog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mog⁵
    • IPA: /mok̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘
    • Tâi-lô: bōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bo
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²/

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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

• 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	/*mˤak/
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

Compounds

• 幕僚 (mùliáo)
• 幕天席地

• 幕客
• 幕布 (mùbù)

• 幕府
• 幕後／幕后 (mùhòu)

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Japanese

Kanji

幕

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: まく (maku)
• Kan’on: ばく (baku)
• Kun: おおう (oou)

Noun

幕 ‎(hiragana まく, romaji maku)

1. curtain
2. act (division of theatrical performance)

Compounds

• 煙幕 (えんまく) ‎(enmaku): smokescreen
• 幕営 (ばくえい) ‎(bakuei): macitona
• 幕下 (まくした) ‎(makushita)
• 幕議 (ばくぎ) ‎(bakugi): a conference
• 幕臣 (ばくしん) ‎(bakushin): a shogun's retainer
• 幕府 (ばくふ) ‎(bakufu): shogunate
• 幕僚 (ばくりょう) ‎(bakuryō): staff
• 幕間 (まくあい) ‎(makuai): aired
• 幕内 (まくうち) ‎(makūchi): sumo

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Korean

Hanja

幕 • ‎(mak) (hangeul 막, revised mak, McCune-Reischauer mak, Yale mak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幕 (mạc)

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