膜
膜 — Membrane
membrane
On’yomiマク (maku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 膜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 膜 | まく maku | membrane; film |
| 角膜 | かくまく kakumaku | cornea |
| 粘膜 | ねんまく nenmaku | mucous membrane; mucosa |
| 網膜 | もうまく moumaku | retina |
| 薄膜 | うすまく usumaku | thin film |
| 腹膜炎 | ふくまくえん fukumakuen | peritonitis |
Study notes
膜 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1804 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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