面

See also: 靣

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Pictogram (象形), looks like man's face, derived from 𦣻.

In Simplified Chinese, 麵 was merged with 面.

Han character

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

1. face
2. surface
3. plane
4. side, dimension
5. noodle (only in Simplified Chinese), Traditional 麵

References

• KangXi: page 1383, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42618
• Dae Jaweon: page 1896, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4398, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9762

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Chinese

simpl.		面
trad.		面/麵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miàn (mian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): mìen
• Min Nan (POJ): bīn / biān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: miàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: mien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miann
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶
    • Yale: mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /miːn²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìen
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /mi̯en¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn / biān
    • Tâi-lô: bīn / biān
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin³³/, /biɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin²²/, /biɛn²²/
  • Note: bīn - vernacular, biān - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (面, reconstructed)
Character (面), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 彌箭切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/miᴇnH/	/mi̯ɛnH/	/miɛnH/	/miɛnH/	/mianH/	/mĭɛnH/	/mjænH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (面, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
面								miàn								‹ mjienH ›								/*C.me[n]-s/								face
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
面					9098					面					元					2					面					/*mens/

Noun

面

1. (Elementary Mandarin) face
2. (Elementary Mandarin) surface
3. (Elementary Mandarin) aspect

Noun

面

1. (Elementary Mandarin) noodles
2. (Elementary Mandarin) wheat flour

Compounds

挂面 (guàmiàn) 面包 (miànbāo) 面包车 面包果 面包圈, 面包圈儿 面不改色 面部 面茶 面陈 面呈 面斥 面的 面对 (miànduì) 面对面 面额 面肥 面粉 (miànfěn) 面馆, 面馆儿 面红耳赤 面糊 面黄肌瘦 面积 (miànjī) 面颊 (miànjiá) 面交 面巾 面巾纸 面筋 (miànjīn)

面具 (miànjù) 面孔 (miànkǒng) 面料 面临 (miànlín) 面貌 (miànmào) 面面观 面面俱到 (miànmiàn jù dào) 面面相觑 (miànmiàn xiāng qù) 面模, 面模儿 面膜 面目 (miànmù) 面目全非 面目一新 面嫩 面庞 面盆 面坯儿 面皮 面洽 面前 (miànqián) 面人儿 面容 面如土色 (miàn rú tǔ sè) 面软 面色 面纱 面善 (miànshàn)

面生 面食 面世 面试 (miànshì) 面授 面授机宜 面熟 (miànshú) 面诉 面瘫 面谈 面汤 面条 (miàntiáo), 面条儿 (miàntiáor) 面团, 面团儿 面无人色 面晤 面相 面向 面谢 面叙 面议 面影 面誉背毁 面罩 面值 面子 (miànzi) 牛角面包 新月形面包

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

面

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Readings

• Goon: めん (men)
• Kan’on: べん (ben)
• Kun: おも (omo), おもて (omote), つら (tsura)

Compounds

面会 面詰 面識 面従 面従腹背 面責 面積 面接 面前

面相 面談 面倒 面罵 面皮 面皮を剥ぐ 面壁 面貌 面目

面々, 面面 面妖 面容 面影 面舵 面魂 面の皮が厚い 面汚し 面白い (おもしろい, omoshiroi) 斜面

Noun

面 (hiragana おもて, romaji omote) (alternative reading hiragana おも, romaji omo)

1. face

Noun

面 (hiragana めん, romaji men)

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

Noun

面 (hiragana つら, romaji tsura)

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

Suffix

面 (hiragana づら, romaji -zura)

1. -looking

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Korean

Hanja

面 (myeon)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 면 (revised: myeon, McCune-Reischauer: myŏn, Yale: myen)

• Name (hangeul): 낯 (revised: nat, McCune-Reischauer: nat)

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Vietnamese

Han character

面 (diện, miến)

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