Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

835 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: curtain, bunting, act of play

Kunyomi: とばり

Onyomi: マク バク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はば

Meaning: turban, scarf

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(まく)   curtain (theater), hanging

(てんまく)   curtain, tent, pavilion

(ないまく)   inside information

(えんまく)   smoke screen

垂れ(たれまく)   hanging screen, curtain

式(じょまくしき)   unveiling ceremony

する(かいまくする)   raise the curtain

府(ばくふ)   bakufu, shogunate

末(ばくまつ)   End of Edo era

Onyomi Examples

マク curtain, bunting, act (in play)

開け マクアケ the rise of the curtain, opening (of play), beginning (e.g. of an era), opening (festival, event, etc.)

ニュウマク advancing to the first grade

ヘイマク falling of the curtain, (coming to an) end, close

バクマツ Bakumatsu period, closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, end of the Edo period

バクフ shogunate, bakufu, shogun's headquarters, Imperial Guards office, residence of the Imperial Guards commander

イバク curtain, field staff headquarters, secret meeting place

トウバク attacking the shogunate