幕
幕·curtain, act (of a play), shogunate
- On-yomi
- マクバク
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幕府 | ばくふ | shogunate |
| 開幕 | かいまく | opening (of an event or season) |
| 字幕 | じまく | subtitles |
| 幕末 | ばくまつ | the end of the Edo shogunate |
Example sentences
その映画は字幕付きで見た。
そのえいがはじまくつきでみた。
I watched that film with subtitles.
江戸幕府は約二百六十年続いた。
えどばくふはやくにひゃくろくじゅうねんつづいた。
The Edo shogunate lasted about two hundred and sixty years.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Mixing the two readings: curtains and acts take マク (開幕, 字幕), history takes バク (幕府, 幕末)
- Writing 墓府 for 幕府
Memory aid
Picture it
莫 (a covering) over 巾 (cloth): a big cloth hung to screen something off — the general's field tent, which gave the shogunate its name.
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