Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
curtain, bunting, act of play
Kun:
とばり
On:
マクバク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
835 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 幕 【マク】 curtain, act (in a play), falling of the curtain, end (of a scene), end, close, case, occasion, role (to play), part, place, makuuchi, top division
  • 幕開け 【マクアケ】 rise of the curtain, opening of a play, beginning (e.g. of an era), start, opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
  • 入幕 【ニュウマク】 advancing to the first grade
  • 閉幕 【ヘイマク】 falling of the curtain, (coming to an) end, close
  • 幕末 【バクマツ】 Bakumatsu period, closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, end of the Edo period
  • 幕府 【バクフ】 shogunate, bakufu, shogun's headquarters, Imperial Guards office, residence of the Imperial Guards commander
  • 帷幕 【イバク】 curtain, field staff headquarters, secret meeting place
  • 倒幕 【トウバク】 overthrow of the shogunate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mag

Spanish

  • cortina
  • telón
  • acto de una obra
  • del gobierno shogun
  • final

Portuguese

  • cortina
  • pano p/ decoração
  • atuar em peças teatrais

French

  • rideaux
  • guirlande
  • acte (théâtre)
989 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
977 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
836 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4026 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1250 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1252 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1989 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1432 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1521 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1157 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
570 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2937 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1509 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2044 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
416 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9051X Morohashi
2335 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1578 New Nelson (John Haig)
409 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
437 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
967 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1944 2001 Kanji
3k10.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-10-3 SKIP code
2-7-6 SKIP code
4422.7 Four corner code
1-43-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e55 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
minster, official
Parts:
retainer, subject
On:
シンジン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1249 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 臣 【オミ】 retainer, attendant, Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight), I, me
  • 臣下 【シンカ】 retainer, subject, vassal, servant
  • 忠臣 【チュウシン】 loyal retainer, loyal subject
  • 重臣 【ジュウシン】 chief vassal, senior statesman
  • 国務大臣 【コクムダイジン】 minister of state, cabinet minister (in Japan)
  • 内大臣 【ナイダイジン】 Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945), Minister of the Interior (669-1868)

Readings

Japanese names:
おみ、 たか、 と、 とみ、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chen2
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • criado
  • súbdito

Portuguese

  • servente
  • servo
  • subalterno

French

  • servant
  • serviteur
  • sujet
436 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
543 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
512 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
981 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3837 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
435 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
855 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
527 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
835 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
854 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1003 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1805 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3806 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1948 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2642 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
856 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30068 Morohashi
3068 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4894 New Nelson (John Haig)
848 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
911 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
484 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
7171.7 Four corner code
1-31-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81e3 Unicode hex code