Character: 幕
Modern (Beijing) reading: mù
Preclassic Old Chinese: mhāk
Classic Old Chinese: mhāk
Western Han Chinese: mhāk
Eastern Han Chinese: mhāk
Early Postclassic Chinese: mhāk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mhāk
Late Postclassic Chinese: mhāk
Middle Chinese: mâk
English meaning : (Sch.: ) (perhaps) mat
Russian meaning[s]: 1) шатер, палатка; занавес, экран; 2) акт (действие) пьесы; [mò] пустыня, вм. 漠; [màn] орел (оборотная сторона монеты)
Comments: The usual later meaning of the word is 'curtain'. For *mh cf. Meixian mɔk7. Note that Mand. mù, as well as Min forms: Xiamen mɔ6 and Chaozhou mo4 point to a variant *mhāk-s, MC *mò (unattested).
Radical: 50
Four-angle index: 3908
Karlgren code: 0802 o
Vietnamese reading: mạc
