面 — kanji meaning “mask”
面
mask, face, features, surface
- Meanings
- mask, face, features, surface
- On'yomi
- メン (men)、ベン (ben)
- Kun'yomi
- おも、おもて、つら
- Name readings
- お、ずら、ほおつき、も
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #186 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 176
- Chinese reading
- miàn — Chinese character page
Words with 面
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 画面 | がめん gamen | screen (of a TV, computer, etc.) |
| 面倒 | めんどう mendou | trouble; bother |
| 面白い | おもしろい omoshiroi | interesting; fascinating; intriguing |
| 場面 | ばめん bamen | scene; setting; place (where something happens) |
| 表面 | ひょうめん hyoumen | surface; face |
| 方面 | ほうめん houmen | direction; district; area |
| 正面 | しょうめん shoumen | front; frontage; facade |
| 面接 | めんせつ mensetsu | interview (e.g. for a job) |
| 面積 | めんせき menseki | area (measurement); square measure; size (of land) |
| 側面 | そくめん sokumen | side; flank; profile |
| 地面 | じめん jimen | ground; earth's surface |
| 仮面 | かめん kamen | mask |
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