幕
curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,146 U+5E55
How 幕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
巾 (semantic, “curtain”) + 莫 (phonetic, mò)
How to remember it
curtain · Heisig RSH #417
graveyard + 巾 towel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 莫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 莫 (mò) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莫 sound component | mò | cannot; do not; is not; negative |
| 模 | mó | model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate |
| 膜 | mó | membrane, film; to kneel and worship |
| 摸 | mō | to caress, to stroke, to gently touch |
| 墓 | mù | grave, tomb |
| 漠 | mò | desert; aloof, cool, indifferent |
| 慕 | mù | to admire, to desire, to long for |
| 暮 | mù | dusk, evening, sunset; ending |
| 募 | mù | to levy, to raise; to recruit; to summon |
| 蟆 | má | frog, toad |
| 摹 | mó | to trace; to imitate, to copy; pattern |
| 谟 | mó | to scheme, to plan; to practice |
| 馍 | mó | bread |
| 寞 | mò | silent, still; lonely, solitary |
| 蓦 | mò | suddenly, quickly, abruptly |
| 糢 | mó | rice snacks |
| 镆 | mò | sword |
| 嫫 | mó | Huangdi's ugly concubine; ugly woman, nurse |
| 瘼 | mò | sickness; distress |
Words containing 幕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幕后黑手 | mù hòu hēi shǒu | malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand |
| 月台幕门 | yuè tái mù mén | (railway) platform screen doors; platform-edge doors |
| 开幕式 | kāi mù shì | opening ceremony |
| 开幕词 | kāi mù cí | opening speech (at a conference) |
| 内幕交易 | nèi mù jiāo yì | insider trading; insider dealing |
| 放烟幕弹 | fàng yān mù dàn | to spread a smokescreen |
| 拉开序幕 | lā kāi xù mù | (fig.) to raise the curtain; to lift the curtain; to be a curtain raiser for |
| 水幕 | shuǐ mù | water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected image… |
| 会幕 | huì mù | tabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent) |
| 宽银幕电影 | kuān yín mù diàn yǐng | widescreen movie |
| 开幕 | kāi mù | to open (a conference); to inaugurate |
| 开闭幕式 | kāi bì mù shì | opening and closing ceremonies |
| 幕后 | mù hòu | behind the scenes |
| 布幕 | bù mù | screen (movie theater etc) |
| 幕布 | mù bù | (theater) curtain |
| 黑幕 | hēi mù | hidden details; dirty tricks; dark secrets |
| 字幕 | zì mù | subtitles; captions (of a movie etc) |
| 多幕剧 | duō mù jù | play in several acts; full-length drama |
| 烟幕弹 | yān mù dàn | smoke bomb; smoke grenade |
| 报幕 | bào mù | announce the items on a (theatrical) program |