Kanji1 / 9
面 kanji
mask, face, features, surface
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
メンベン
Kun readings
おもおもてつら
Variant forms
靣Words with 面
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —総面積total area; gross area
- —人面疽mythological growth (tumour) that takes the shape of a human face
- —水面波water wave
- —方面軍area army (of the Imperial Japanese Army); field army
- —面会者visitor (esp. at a hospital)
- —岩面画rock art; rock painting
- —接地面tread (tire, etc.); ground contact area
- —面接員interviewer
- —面割り(criminal) identification (by witnesses); identification parade; (police) lineup
- —顔面痛prosopalgia; facial pain
- —感光面photosensitive surface
- —受光面light-receiving surface (e.g. of a solar panel); photosensitive surface
- —面実装surface-mount technology; SMT; surface-mounted (device); surface-mount; surface mounting
- —赤面症tendency to blush easily; chronic blushing; erythrophobia
- —その反面on the other hand; at the same time
- —委細面談details when I see you
- —額面割れdrop below par
- —喜色満面being all smiles with joy
- —効果覿面having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
- —三面記事human-interest article; city news; local news; police news