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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)

切断面せつだんめん

(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing)

洗面せんめん

washing one's face

洗面所せんめんじょ

washroom

戦闘正面幅せんとうしょうめんはば

frontage

洗面器せんめんき

wash basin

前面ぜんめん

front part

全面広告ぜんめんこうこく

full page advertisement

全面ぜんめん

whole surface

全面戦争ぜんめんせんそう

total war

全面禁止ぜんめんきんし

complete prohibition

素面すめん

not wearing a mask (in kendo, noh, etc.)

創面そうめん

surface of a wound

側面図そくめんず

side view

側面そくめん

side

側面観そくめんかん

side view

多方面にたほうめんに

at many levels

他面ためん

other side

多面ためん

many-sided

多面角ためんかく

polyhedral angle

横っ面よこっつら

side of the face

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