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面

JLPT N3 SL3 9 strokes Frequency: #186

Meanings

Mask, Face, Features, Surface

Radicals

面

Decomposition

⿱？？

Etymology

Pictographic: A person's face

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 diagonal right-to-left

3 vertical bottom-to-top

4 corner bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 vertical right-to-left

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

メン men

ベン ben

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

つら tsura

おも omo

おもて omote

Words Using This Kanji

718 words total

Other (20 words)

横面よこつら

side of the face

黄道面こうどうめん

plane of the ecliptic

仮面かめん

mask

仮面舞踏会かめんぶとうかい

masquerade ball

画面がめん

screen (of a TV, computer, etc.)

海面かいめん

sea level

界面かいめん

interface

外面がいめん

outer surface

格子面こうしめん

lattice plane

各面かくめん

all phases

額面割れがくめんわれ

drop below par

額面がくめん

face value

願面がんめん

the front page of an application blank

顔面がんめん

face (of person)

喜色満面きしょくまんめん

being all smiles with joy

球面三角法きゅうめんさんかくほう

spherical trigonometry

鏡面きょうめん

mirror surface

局面きょくめん

position in a game

曲面きょくめん

curved surface

横っ面よこっつら

side of the face

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