Kanji N1

膜: membrane

膜 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning membrane, written with 14 strokes. It is read マク (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 膜 (まく, membrane) and 網膜 (もうまく, retina).

膜

Meanings

  • membrane
Strokes14
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1804 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • マク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 膜

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 膜まく

    membrane; film

    JLPT N1
  • 網膜もうまく

    retina

  • 粘膜ねんまく

    mucous membrane; mucosa

  • 角膜かくまく

    cornea

  • 鼓膜こまく

    eardrum; tympanic membrane

  • 薄膜うすまく

    thin film

  • 腹膜炎ふくまくえん

    peritonitis

  • 髄膜炎ずいまくえん

    meningitis

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.