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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)

平面へいめん

level surface

平面図へいめんず

ground plan

平面鏡へいめんきょう

plane mirror

平面形へいめんけい

plane figure

平面幾何学へいめんきかがく

plane geometry

平面図形へいめんずけい

plane figure

片面かためん

one side

方面ほうめん

direction

方面隊ほうめんたい

army

ふくれっ面ふくれっつら

sulky look (often with puffed cheeks)

防毒面ぼうどくめん

gas mask

北面ほくめん

north face

面会めんかい

meeting (face-to-face)

面積めんせき

area (measurement)

面倒めんどう

trouble

面画めんが

surface-drawing

面食らうめんくらう

to be confused

面相筆めんそうふで

fine-point brushes

面目めんぼく

face

横っ面よこっつら

side of the face

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