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Kanji Detail for 膜 - "membrane, film, thin"

  • Meaning

    膜 means "membrane, film, thin."

    1. Membrane - A thin layer covering surfaces.

    2. Film - A thin coating.

  • Words using

    • 網膜 もうまく Listen retina
    • 粘膜 ねんまく Listen mucous membrane; mucosa
    • 角膜 かくまく Listen cornea
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 虚実皮膜 きょじつひまく Listen the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction
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    • Verified meaning: membrane, film, thin
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    membrane

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    membrane; to kneel and worship

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    membrane; film

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    membrane, film; to kneel and worship

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The thin covering inside muscle tissue. What protects the inner tissue. All organs have it. Such as 眼膜 (eye membrane), 耳膜 (eardrum), and such. By extension, thin coverings inside fruit are also called 膜. (Li Shangyin's poem) "The light membrane is translucent, the pomegranate seeds are fresh." This is it. | 膜拜 (prostration). A long kneeling bow.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • My conjunctivitis is chronic.

  • I often get conjunctivitis.

  • My eyes are itching because of conjunctivitis.

  • My eardrums burst because of the gunshot.

  • I had retinal detachment five years ago.

  • I lost my father to a subarachnoid haemorrhage when I was fourteen.

  • Endometritis is a disease where bacteria enter the uterus and cause inflammation of the inner membrane.

  • The following is thought to be one of the reasons stress damages the stomach's mucous membrane.

  • I like cold milk, but not hot milk. The white membrane and the smell that develops bother me.

  • Mr Pryor collapsed with a subarachnoid haemorrhage when rehearsing for a performance in Paris. He was taken to local hospital but passed away at 4:23 pm.

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