A kanji
面
mask, face, features, surface
- 9 strokes
- Taught in grade 3 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 186 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
メン、ベン
Kun'yomi
おも、おもて、つら
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 面 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 面 26 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 1 word
JLPT N4 · 1 word
JLPT N3 · 5 words
JLPT N2 · 7 words
JLPT N1 · 12 words
- 面するめんするto face on, to look out on to
- 対面たいめんinterview, meeting
- 生真面目きまじめserious, sincerity
- 一面いちめんone side, the other hand
- 几帳面きちょうめんmethodical, punctual, steady
- 側面そくめんside, sidelight, lateral
- 断面だんめんcross section
- 直面ちょくめんconfrontation
- 斜面しゃめんslope, slanting surface, bevel
- 覆面ふくめんmask, veil, disguise
- 面会めんかいinterview
- 面目めんぼくface, honor, reputation
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 面.
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