メン, ベン, おも, おもて, つら, ずら, ほおつき, も
mask, face, features, surface

This kanji is also known as the "face" radical (めん), which has 9 strokes.

Sample compounds (69) :


  1. つら
    face, mug, surface, facial features, mask, face guard, side or facet, corner, page

  2. おも
    face

  3. しょうめん
    (pref) front, frontage, facade, main

  4. めんが
    surface-drawing

  5. とつめん
    (a-no) convex surface, convex

  6. ひょうめん
    surface, outside, face, appearance

  7. はんめん
    half the face, one side, half, the other side, the reverse, the contrary

  8. とうめん
    facing the east, east face, east side, the east

  9. がんめん
    the front page of an application blank

  10. りめん
    back, reverse, other side, inside, tails (of coins), background

  11. じんめん
    human face

  12. ためん
    the other side, another direction, (on) the other hand

  13. ぜんめん
    whole surface, entire

  14. めんどう
    (an) trouble, difficulty, care, attention

  15. そくめん
    side, flank, sidelight, lateral

  16. はちめん
    eight faces, all sides

  17. めんぜん
    presence

  18. ぜんめん
    front part, frontage, facade

  19. そうめん
    surface of a wound

  20. ちょくめん
    (vs) confrontation

  21. まとも
    (an) (uk) front, honesty, uprightness, direct

  22. うわつら
    surface, appearances

  23. うわっつら
    surface, appearances

  24. はんめんに
    on the other hand

  25. のうめん
    Noh mask

  26. ずめん
    drawing, diagram, plans, blueprint

  27. じめん
    ground, earth's surface

  28. ばめん
    scene, setting (e.g. of novel)

  29. がいめん
    exterior, surface, outward appearance

  30. めんつ
    face, honor

  31. とうめん
    (a-no) urgent, pressing, impending

  32. きょくめん
    checkerboard, aspect, situation

  33. かわも
    river surface

  34. かわのおも
    river surface

  35. ちょうめん
    note book, account book

  36. おもかげ
    face, looks, vestiges, trace

  37. たいめん
    interview, meeting

  38. しゃめん
    slope, slanting surface, bevel

  39. だんめん
    cross section

  40. ちゅうめん
    cylindrical surface

  41. よこっつら
    side of face

  42. みのも
    water's surface

  43. すいめん
    water's surface

  44. かいめん
    sea level, (surface of) sea

  45. しぶづら
    grimace, sullen face

  46. こめん
    lake surface

  47. きゅうめん
    spherical surface

  48. かいめん
    interface

  49. おもしろ
    amusing, interesting

  50. おもしろみ
    interest, fun

  51. めんもく
    face, honour, reputation, prestige, dignity, credit

  52. めんせき
    area

  53. しめん
    space (page)

  54. しょめん
    document, letter
  55. れっ
    ふくれっつら
    sulky look

  56. おくめん
    shy face
  57. もなく
    おくめんもなく
    boldly, audaciously, impudently, unashamedly, unabashedly

  58. ふくめん
    mask, veil, disguise

  59. めんきつ
    (vs) reprimanding (a person) personally, personal reproof

  60. しめん
    page of a magazine

  61. ぶめん
    phase

  62. きょうめん
    mirror surface

  63. いんめん
    hidden surface

  64. めんめん
    each one, all, every direction

  65. めんめん
    each one, all, every direction

  66. がくめん
    face value, par

  67. がんめん
    face (of person)

  68. めんくい
    attracted by physical looks only

  69. きめん
    mask of a devil, startling appearance, devil's face
Kanji Character : 面
Kuten Encoding : 4444
SJIS Encoding : 4c4c
Unicode Encoding : 9762
Old Nelson Index : 5087
Radical Number : 176
Frequency Ranking : 155
Gakken Index : 165
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 2087
Heisig Index : 1892
Henshall Index : 395
New Nelson Index : 6566
O'Neil Index : 904
Stroke Count : 9
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 3s6.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : s
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 274
SKIP Code : 2-2-7
De Roo Code : 3176
Four Corner Code : 1060.0
Korean reading : myeon
Pinyin reading : mian4
Morohashi Index String : 42618
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 12.0140
Morohashi Index Number : 42618
Morohashi Page : 140
Morohashi Volume : 12
Missclassification Codes
  1. PP3-5-4
Cross Index Codes
  1. J16737
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3176
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