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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)

面やつれおもやつれ

growing thin in the face

面白さおもしろさ

appeal

面会人めんかいにん

visitor (esp. at a hospital)

面向不背めんこうふはい

flawless

面変わりおもがわり

change in one's looks

面責めんせき

personal reproof

面壁めんぺき

meditation facing a wall

面皮めんぴ

face

面目ないめんぼくない

ashamed

面色めんしょく

expression

面長おもなが

oval-faced

面接試験めんせつしけん

interview

面輪おもわ

features

向こう正面むこうじょうめん

opposite the front

クソ真面目クソまじめ

overly serious

全面講和ぜんめんこうわ

overall peace treaty

赤面恐怖症せきめんきょうふしょう

erythrophobia

生面せいめん

new field

白面はくめん

pale

横っ面よこっつら

side of the face

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