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幕

mù

curtain

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 幙.

Components
巾 meaning component

巾  Meaning component

jīn

  

cloth

莫 sound component

莫  Sound component

mò

  

do not

Evolution

幕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
幕 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
幕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
幕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

幕  

mù

curtain, screen, tent; curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)

幕 (幙) 

mù

old variant of 幕[mù]; curtain; screen

Most common words with 幕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

幕

canopy or tent

屏幕

screen (TV, computer or movie)

幕后

behind the scenes

开幕

to inaugurate

开幕式

opening ceremony

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

冪

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mˤak

mak

mù

covering


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 25.4685% of movies

1335th most common character in movies

1315th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+5E55

Shuowen

“幕，帷在上曰幕；覆食案亦曰幕。从巾，莫聲。”


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