# 幕

| 幕 | U+5E55, &#24149; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E55 |
| ← 幔 [U+5E54] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 幖 → [U+5E56] |

## Translingual
### 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 4422$_7$, composition ⿱莫巾)

#### Related characters

* 募 墓 慕 模 膜

#### Derived characters

* 濗, 𢆅, 羃, 𥵵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 幕
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 / 形声, OC *maːɡ): phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ) + semantic 巾 (“cloth”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mù (mu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mok$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mok
* Eastern Min (BUC): mŏk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bih$^7$ / borh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bō͘ / bo̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mo$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$mu; $^8$moq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mù
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mù
*** Wade–Giles: mu$^4$
*** Yale: mù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muh
*** Palladius: му (mu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mok$^6$
*** Yale: mohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔːk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mok
*** Hakka Romanization System: mog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /mok̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /mouʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bih$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bi̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /piʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bih$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /piʔ²⁴/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: borh$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bo̤̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: borh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒʔ²⁴/
* bih7 - vernacular (俗讀);
* borh7 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: mak
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 |
| Baxter | mak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /mɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mɑk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mok$^6$ |
* 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
* curtain; screen; tent
* scene
* a surname, Mu

### Compounds

* 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
* 帷幕 (wéimù)
* 帳幕 / 帐幕 (zhàngmù)
* 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)

### References

* “幕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “幕”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 161.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* curtain
* 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)

#### Compounds

* 幕(ばく)営(えい) (bakuei)
* 幕(ばく)議(ぎ) (bakugi)
* 幕(ばく)臣(しん) (bakushin)
* 幕(ばく)府(ふ) (bakufu)
* 幕末(ばくまつ) (bakumatsu)
* 幕(ばく)僚(りょう) (bakuryō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 幕
* まく Grade: 6
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 幕 (MC mak).

### Noun

幕(まく) • (maku)
* curtain
    幕(まく)を下(お)ろす
       maku o orosu
       to lower the curtains
* act (division of theatrical performance)

#### Derived terms

* 幕(まく)間(あい) (makuai)
* 幕(まく)内(うち) (makūchi)
* 幕切(まくき)れ (makukire)
* 幕(まく)下(した) (makushita)
* 内幕(うちまく) (uchimaku)
* 煙(えん)幕(まく) (enmaku)
* 横断幕(おうだんまく) (ōdanmaku)
* 開幕(かいまく) (kaimaku)
* 銀幕(ぎんまく) (ginmaku)
* 黒幕(くろまく) (kuromaku)
* 剣幕(けんまく) (kenmaku)
* 字幕(じまく) (jimaku)
* 序幕(じょまく) (jomaku)
* 除幕(じょまく) (jomaku)
* 垂(た)れ幕(まく) (taremaku)
* 弾幕(だんまく) (danmaku)
* 入幕(にゅうまく) (nyūmaku)
* 一(ひと)幕(まく) (hitomaku)
* 閉幕(へいまく) (heimaku)

## Korean
### Hanja

幕 (eumhun 막 막 (mak mak))
* hanja form of 막 (“curtain, screen, tent”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

幕: Hán Nôm readings: mạc
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