Memory phrase for the character: 幕

幕

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Meaning

curtain, act

Pronunciation

MAKU, BAKU

Explanation

 Top: sinking/going down 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.), below: cloth 巾 [Watch out: Sunrise is: 旦 or ]

Mnemonic
 
It is "sinking" (= hanging down): This cloth is a curtain.

Radicals

艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
莫 to go down, to setThe plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 (= as long shadows) at sunset. - Please be aware that this very similar radical stands for the sunrise.
巾 cloth, width巾 [はば] means width. The trainer also understands it as: "cloth".




 Vocabulary

幕 まく  curtain, act (in a play)
字幕 じまく  Subtitle
幕切れ まくぎれ  fall of the curtain; end of an act
垂れ幕 たれまく  curtain, hanging banner

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