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U+9762, 面
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9762

[U+9761]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9763]
U+2FAF, ⾯
KANGXI RADICAL FACE

[U+2FAE]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2FB0]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified
Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 176, +0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一田尸中 (MWSL) or 一田卜中 (MWYL), four-corner 10600, composition )

  1. Kangxi radical #176, .

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1383, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42618
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1896, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4398, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9762

Chinese

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp. 𫩑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) , A man’s face, with an eye exaggerated, derived from 𦣻.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mjal (face); cognate with Mizo hmêl (face), Jingpho man (face). (OC *menʔ, “to turn; to violate”) is probably cognate (Wang, 1982), perhaps its endoactive (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (literary or dialectal) face (Classifier: c)
    笑容笑容  ―  miàn dài xiàoróng  ―  to have a smile on one's face
  2. surface; top; face
      ―  shuǐmiàn  ―  water surface
      ―  miàn  ―  road surface
  3. aspect; side; respect
      ―  quánmiàn  ―  overall
  4. right side; cover; outside
  5. (geometry) face
    長方體 [MSC, trad.]
    长方体 [MSC, simp.]
    Chángfāngtǐ yǒu liù ge miàn. [Pinyin]
    A cuboid has six faces.
  6. (Cantonese, Singapore Hokkien) dignity; reputation; face
    [Cantonese]  ―  mou5 min6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to lose face; to be embarrassed
  7. to meet
      ―  miànshì  ―  to come out (literally, “to meet the world”)
  8. face-to-face
      ―  miàntán  ―  to talk with someone face to face
      ―  miàngào  ―  to inform face to face
  9. to face
      ―  miàn  ―  to face the wall
      ―  bèi shān miàn shuǐ  ―  backing on to a mountain and facing a body of water
  10. suffix used to form a noun of locality
      ―  qiánmiàn  ―  in front
      ―  shàngmiàn  ―  higher place
    西  ―  miàn  ―  west
  11. Short for 面試面试 (miànshì, “interview”).
    HR  ―  HRmiàn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  12. Classifier for objects with a flat surface.
    國旗国旗  ―  miàn guóqí  ―  a national flag
      ―  miàn  ―  a drum
  13. Classifier for numbers of times people meet each other.
    [MSC, trad.]
    [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guò yī miàn. [Pinyin]
    I have only met him once.
Synonyms
  • (face):
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  • (dignity):

Compounds

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (めん) (men)
  • Korean: 면(面) (myeon)
  • Vietnamese: diện ()

Others:

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  • Vietnamese: miền ()
  • Zhuang: mienh

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“flour; wheat noodles; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

References

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Japanese

Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. mask
  2. face
  3. features
  4. surface

Readings

  • Go-on: めん (men, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: べん (ben)
  • Kun: おも (omo, , Jōyō)おもて (omote, , Jōyō)つら (tsura, , Jōyō) (mo, )

Compounds

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
めん
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

(めん) (men

  1. face
    (めん)あり
    Men ari!
    (kendo) Face hit!
  2. surface
  3. mask
    天狗(てんぐ)(めん)
    tengu no o-men
    tengu mask
  4. page
  5. (music) side of a record or CD
    A(りょうエ)(めん)
    ryō e-men
    double A-side

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
おもて
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

(おもて) (omote (alternative reading hiragana おも, rōmaji omo)

  1. face
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
つら
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

(つら) (tsura

  1. face
  2. surface
  3. mask
  4. page
Derived terms

Suffix

(づら) (-zura

  1. -looking

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
おも
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
おも
[noun] face
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References



Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC mjienH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 면〮 (Yale: myén)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] ᄂᆞᆺ (Yale: nòs) 면〯 (Yale: myěn)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mjɘ(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (nat myeon))

  1. hanja form? of (side; aspect) [noun]
  2. hanja form? of ((government) township) [noun]

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: diện, miến, miền[1]

  1. (colloquial) chữ Hán form of diện (to dress up, to be well-dressed).
  2. chữ Hán form of diện (face, appearance).
  3. chữ Hán form of diện (aspect; area).
  4. Template:nom form of

References