面: mask, face
- JLPT level N3
- 9 strokes
- Radical 面
Also features, surface
Readings
On’yomi
- メン
- ベン
Kun’yomi
- おも
- おもて
- つら
On’yomi and kun’yomi?
On’yomi are readings that came from Chinese, written here in katakana. Kun’yomi are native Japanese readings, written in hiragana. Which one is used depends on the word: kanji in compounds often take an on’yomi, and a kanji standing alone often takes a kun’yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Example words
- 面face
- 一面one face; one surface
- 画面screen (of a TV, computer, etc.)
- 海面sea level; (surface of) sea
- 外面outer surface; outside; exterior
- 顔面face (of person)
Where do these words come from?
They are common words containing 面, from JMdict, picked automatically with words made of easier kanji first. They are not graded by JLPT level.
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Additional detailsSchool grade, frequency, Unicode and sources
- School grade
- Grade 3 (primary school)
- Newspaper frequency
- 186 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 面 no. 176
- Unicode
- U+9762
School grade comes from the Japanese school curriculum. Frequency is the rank among the 2,500 most common kanji in newspapers. Neither is a JLPT level.
Sources for this entry
- KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0): meanings, on’yomi, kun’yomi, stroke count, school grade, newspaper frequency, radical
- Jonathan Waller's JLPT kanji lists (CC BY): JLPT level
- JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0): example words
- KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0): stroke order