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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)

川面かわも

river surface

人面獣心じんめんじゅうしん

beast in human form

不面目ふめんぼく

shame

face

面々めんめん

every person

面談めんだん

interview

満面まんめん

the whole face

仮面劇かめんげき

masque

鬼面きめん

mask of a devil

面詰めんきつ

reprimanding (a person) personally

柱面ちゅうめん

cylindrical surface

背面跳びはいめんとび

Fosbury flop (high jump technique)

背面はいめん

rear

四角四面しかくしめん

square

面白がるおもしろがる

to amuse oneself

面取りめんとり

chamfering

一場面いちばめん

one scene (in play)

面識めんしき

acquaintance

面持ちおももち

expression

横っ面よこっつら

side of the face

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