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)
On readings
メンベン
Kun readings
おもおもてつら
Variant forms
靣Words with 面
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —歯面surface of a tooth
- —小面facet
- —人面human face
- —素面not wearing a mask (in kendo, noh, etc.); sober face; sobriety; face with no make-up; unpainted face
- —創面surface of a wound
- —体面honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
- —帳面notebook; account book; register
- —東面facing the east; east face; east side; the east
- —凸面convex surface; convex
- —南面south face; south side; facing south; ascending the throne; ruling (as emperor)
- —八面eight faces; all sides
- —氷面ice surface
- —部面phase; aspect; field; side
- —片面one side
- —北面north face; north side; the north; facing north
- —面画surface-drawing
- —面子menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards
- —面前(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
- —面相countenance; features; looks
- —覿面immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt