幕

curtain; shogunate; bunting; act of play

13 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 835.

Readings

• マク (on reading): 開幕 (かいまく) opening (of an event); 開幕戦 (かいまくせん) opening game
• バク (on reading): 幕府 (ばくふ) shogunate; 幕末 (ばくまつ) Bakumatsu period
• とばり (kun reading)

Components

• 莫
• 巾
• 大 radical big
• 巾 radical cloth
• ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
• 日 radical sun; day

Kanji containing 幕

• 冪 power
• 羃 power

Words using 幕

• 開幕 (かいまく) opening (of an event)
• 開幕戦 (かいまくせん) opening game
• 幕 (まく) curtain
• 字幕 (じまく) subtitles
• 幕下 (まくした) third highest division
• 幕府 (ばくふ) shogunate
• 幕末 (ばくまつ) Bakumatsu period
• 室町幕府 (むろまちばくふ) Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
• 江戸幕府 (えどばくふ) Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
• 鎌倉幕府 (かまくらばくふ) Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

138 words in all.

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