The kanji 面: meaning, readings and stroke order
面
- Meaning
- face, surface
- On reading
- メン men
- Kun reading
- おも omo、おもて omote、つら tsura
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 面 face
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mặt, bề mặt (diện)
- Japanese
- かお。ものの おもて。
- Korean
- 얼굴, 겉면 (면)
- Chinese
- 脸、表面
Readings, words and example sentences
メン men · on reading
一面
all over, the whole surface
野原 一面に 雪が つもりました。
Snow covered the whole field.
おも omo · kun reading · less common
面かげ
look, likeness
妹は 面かげが 母に にて います。
My little sister looks like our mother.
おもて omote · kun reading
面
surface (of water)
池の 面に 月が うつります。
The moon is reflected on the pond.
つら tsura · kun reading · less common
面がまえ
the look of a face
つよそうな 面がまえの 人です。
That person has a tough-looking face.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.