面 — Chinese character
面
miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
- Pinyin
- miàn
- Radical
- 176 ⾯ (Face)
- Strokes
- 9
- Formation
- pictographic — A person's face
- Traditional
- 麵
- Japanese
- 面 as a kanji
Common words with 面
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect; aspect |
| 里面 (裏面) | lǐ miàn | variant of 里面 (lǐ miàn) |
| 里面 (裡面) | lǐ miàn | inside; interior |
| 面积 (面積) | miàn jī | area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area |
| 全面 | quán miàn | all-around; comprehensive |
| 面对 (面對) | miàn duì | to face; to confront |
| 面临 (面臨) | miàn lín | to face sth; to be confronted with |
| 面前 | miàn qián | in front of; facing |
| 上面 | shàng miàn | on top of; above-mentioned |
| 下面 | xià miàn | below; under |
| 下面 (下麵) | xià miàn | to boil noodles |
| 后面 (後面) | hòu mian | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back |
English words written with 面
面 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 3 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 16 · Zhuangzi 18
- Analects 6.1
- Analects 15.4
- Analects 17.10
- Hexagram 49
- Mencius 1B.11
- Mencius 2B.12
- Mencius 3A.2
- Mencius 3A.5
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