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Chinese symbol for “aspect”

层面
céng miàn
Traditional: 層面
aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane

The closest CC-CEDICT match for aspect is 层面 (céng miàn), defined as: aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

层 céng
layer, floor, story, stratum
radical 44 ⼫ · 7 strokes
面 miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “aspect”

WordPinyinMeaning
局面jú miànaspect; phase
地方dì fangplace; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
面miànface; side
头 (頭)tóuhead; hair style

Related words

Other words that share a character with 层面.

WordPinyinMeaning
基层 (基層)jī céngbasic level; grassroots unit
高层 (高層)gāo cénghigh-rise; high level; high class
层次 (層次)céng cìlayer; level
阶层 (階層)jiē céngsocial class
一层 (一層)yī céngone layer; one level
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
里面 (裏面)lǐ miànvariant of 里面 (lǐ miàn)
面积 (面積)miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area

See also: Japanese symbol for “aspect”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.