膜
membrane
Readings
On'yomi
- マク
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
膜 centers on a thin, flexible layer that covers or separates: a membrane. It is used for biological membranes and thin films.
Most common words using 膜
20 of 198- 膜まくN1
membrane; film
- 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
- 結膜炎けつまくえん
conjunctivitis
- 横隔膜おうかくまく
diaphragm
- 薄膜うすまく
thin film
- 皮膜ひまく
film; membrane
- くも膜くもまく
arachnoid mater; arachnoid membrane
- 被膜ひまく
coating; film; membrane
- 腹膜ふくまく
peritoneum
- 腹膜炎ふくまくえん
peritonitis
- 結膜けつまく
conjunctiva
- 骨膜こつまく
periosteum
- 油膜ゆまく
oil film; oil slick
- 弁膜べんまく
valve (of the heart and the veins)
- 髄膜炎ずいまくえん
meningitis
- RO膜アールオーまく
reverse osmosis membrane; reverse osmotic membrane
- くも膜下出血くもまくかしゅっけつ
subarachnoid hemorrhage; subarachnoid haemorrhage; SAH
Study
Etymology
膜 combines the flesh radical ⺼ with 莫, which likely contributes the sound マク. The character originally referred to a thin layer of tissue or film.
Meaning mnemonic
The flesh radical ⺼ suggests something bodily, and 莫 looks like a thin layer stretched over a frame. Picture a thin membrane covering flesh.
Reading mnemonic
For マク, imagine a thin membrane stretched over a drum, making a 'maku' sound when tapped: maku -> マク.