面

See also: 靣, 麵, 麫, and 麪
面 U+9762, 面
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9762
← 靡
[U+9761] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 靣 →
[U+9763]

Translingual
Traditional 麵
Shinjitai 麺
Simplified 面
Stroke order

Han character

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

  1. Kangxi radical #176, ⾯.

Derived characters

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

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 面
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (面) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蝒 *men
緬 *menʔ
湎 *menʔ
愐 *menʔ
偭 *menʔ, *mens
勔 *menʔ
面 *mens
麵 *meːns

Pictogram (象形) , A mans face, with an eye exaggerated, derived from 𦣻.

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 面
variant forms 𫩑 (second-round simplified)

Pronunciation
Note:
  • méng - vernacular;
  • miêng - literary.
Note:
  • bīn - vernacular;
  • biān - literary.
Note: mêng7 - Jieyang.
Rime
Character 面
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 彌箭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /miᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /miɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mianH/
Li
Rong		 /miɛnH/
Wang
Li		 /mĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 miàn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 面
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 miàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mjienH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.me[n]-s/
English 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 面
Reading # 1/1
No. 9098
Phonetic
component		 面
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 面
Old
Chinese		 /*mens/

Definitions

面

  1. (anatomy) face (Classifier: 塊／块 c)
  2. surface; plane
  3. aspect; side; respect
  4. side; dimension
  5. † to face
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 臉 (“face”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 面, 顏
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 臉
Mandarin Beijing 臉
Taiwan 臉
Tianjin 臉
Harbin 臉
Hailar 臉蛋子
Ulanhot 臉蛋子
Tongliao 臉蛋子
Chifeng 臉
Bayanhot 臉
Jinan 臉
Muping 臉
Luoyang 臉
Wanrong 臉
Xi'an 臉
Xining 臉
Xuzhou 臉, 臉兒, 臉膛子
Yinchuan 臉
Lanzhou 臉
Ürümqi 臉
Wuhan 臉
Chengdu 臉
Guiyang 臉
Guilin 臉
Liuzhou 臉
Yangzhou 臉
Nanjing 臉
Hefei 臉
Cantonese Guangzhou 面
Hong Kong 面
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 面
Taishan 面
Dongguan 面
Yangjiang 面
Nanning 面
Wuzhou 面
Yulin 面
Hepu 面
Kuala Lumpur 面
Gan Nanchang 臉
Lichuan 面
Pingxiang 面
Hakka Meixian 面
Xingning 面
Huidong (Daling) 面
Qujiang 面
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 面
Luchuan 面
Changting 面
Pingyu 面
Wuping 面
Liancheng 面
Ninghua 面
Yudu 面盤
Ruijin 面
Shicheng 面
Shangyou 面
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 面
Liudui (S. Sixian) 面
Hsinchu (Hailu) 面
Dongshi (Dabu) 面
Hsinchu (Raoping) 面
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 面
Hong Kong 面
Sabah 面, 面鉢
Senai 面鉢
Singkawang 面
Huizhou Jixi 面
Jin Taiyuan 臉
Xinzhou 臉
Baochang 臉
Jining 臉
Hohhot 臉
Baotou 臉
Dongsheng 眉眼
Linhe 臉
Haibowan 面
Min Bei Jian'ou 面
Min Dong Fuzhou 面
Fuqing 面, 面䫌
Matsu 面
Min Nan Xiamen 面
Quanzhou 面
Zhangzhou 面
Taipei 面
Kaohsiung 面
Tainan 面
Taichung 面
Hsinchu 面
Lukang 面
Sanxia 面
Yilan 面
Kinmen 面
Magong 面
Penang 面
Singapore 面
Philippines (Manila) 面
Pingnan 面
Chaozhou 面
Johor Bahru 面
Haikou 面
Leizhou 面
Puxian Min Putian 面
Pinghua Nanning 面
Guilin 面
Wu Shanghai 面孔, 面顴
Suzhou 面孔
Hangzhou 臉, 臉孔
Wenzhou 面股, 面
Chongming 面孔
Danyang 面孔
Jinhua 面, 面孔
Ningbo 面孔
Xiang Changsha 臉
Shuangfeng 面
Loudi 面
Quanzhou 臉

Compounds
Derived terms from 面

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 面 – see 麵 (“flour; dough; etc.”).
(This character, 面, is the simplified form of 麵.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
面

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
面
めん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

面 (hiragana めん, rōmaji men)

  1. face
    面 (めん)あり！
    Men ari!
    (kendo) Face hit!
  2. surface
  3. mask
    天 (てん)狗 (ぐ)のお面 (めん)
    tengu no o-men
    tengu mask
  4. page

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
面
おもて
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. face
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
面
つら
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

面 (hiragana つら, rōmaji tsura)

  1. face
  2. surface
  3. mask
  4. page
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 面 (つら)魂 (だましい) (tsuradamashii)
  • 面 (つら)の皮 (かわ)が厚 (あつ)い (tsura no kawa ga atsui)
  • 面 (つら)汚 (よご)し (tsurayogoshi)

Suffix

面 (hiragana づら, rōmaji -zura)

  1. -looking

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

面 (eumhun 낯 면 (nat myeon))
面 (eumhun 얼굴 면 (eolgul myeon))

  1. (geography) township
  2. face
  3. side

References

http://endic.naver.com/krenEntry.nhn?sLn=kr&entryId=1ee731e2bc5744a0991f0f3b0a74e2e8&query=面

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    面 (diện, miến)

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