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Zach

Readings

Kana: マク、バク、とばり
Romaji: maku, baku, tobari
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

curtain, bunting, act of play

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  835
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  2-3-10
Korean Reading:  mag
Chinese Reading:  mu4
Unicode:  5e55
JIS:  4B6B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2335
Nelson Index: 4026
New Nelson Index: 1578
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k10.19
Four Corner Index: 4422.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 977
Gakken Index: 836
Japanese Names Index: 1989
Daikanwanjiten Index: 9051X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0470
Remembering the kanji Index: 409
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1252
Kodansha Compact Index: 570
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 989
Kanji in Context Index: 1157
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1509
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2044
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 416
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 437
Essential Kanji Index: 1250
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2937
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1944
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 967

Words

(まく)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
開幕 (かいまく)
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
幕末 (ばくまつ)
closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of Edo era
幕下 (まくした)
third highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division
黒幕 (くろまく)
black curtain; wire puller; mastermind; political fixer; power broker
幕府 (ばくふ)
bakufu; shogunate
字幕 (じまく)
subtitles; captioning
幕内 (まくうち)
highest-ranking division
幕僚 (ばくりょう)
staff; staff officer
入幕 (にゅうまく)
advancing to the first grade
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