面

面 (Kangxi 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.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/面
• 偭, 喕, 𭎹, 媔, 𢃮, 愐, 湎, 𤟯, 𨕂, 㮌, 𣮻, 𤚛, 𬍵, 腼, 𥈅, 糆, 緬(缅), 蝒, 𧩤, 𧼸, 𨉥, 䤄, 𩋠, 𫗖, 𫘏, 𩳾, 𩹠, 麵(麺)
• 勔, 𨜧, 𣮿, 𦫥, 𩔁, 𩤤, 𪓱, 𫏔, 𩈳, 𩉖, 蠠, 𠷰, 奤, 𦵀, 𮅥, 𡫍, 𬏶, 圙, 圗

• KangXi: page 1383, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42618
• Dae Jaweon: page 1896, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4398, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9762

Historical forms of the character 面
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) , A man’s face, with an eye exaggerated, derived from 𦣻.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mjal (“face”); cognate with Mizo hmêl (“face”), Jingpho man (“face”). 偭 (OC *menʔ, “to turn; to violate”) is probably cognate (Wang, 1982), perhaps its endoactive (Schuessler, 2007).

面

1. (literary or dialectal) face (Classifier: 塊／块 c)

   面帶笑容／面带笑容  ―  miàn dài xiàoróng  ―  to have a smile on one's face

   • 人心之不同，如其面焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Rénxīn zhī bùtóng, rú qí miàn yān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. surface; top; face

   水面  ―  shuǐmiàn  ―  water surface

   路面  ―  lùmiàn  ―  road surface

3. aspect; side; respect

   全面  ―  quánmiàn  ―  overall

4. right side; cover; outside
5. (geometry) face

   長方體有六個面。／长方体有六个面。  ―  Chángfāngtǐ yǒu liù ge miàn.  ―  A cuboid has six faces.

6. (Cantonese, Singapore Hokkien) dignity; reputation; face

   冇面 [Cantonese]  ―  mou⁵ min^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to lose face; to be embarrassed

7. to meet

   面世  ―  miànshì  ―  to come out (literally, “to meet the world”)

   • 夫為人子者，出必告，反必面。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫为人子者，出必告，反必面。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Fū wéi rénzǐ zhě, chū bì gào, fǎn bì miàn. [Pinyin]

     A son, when he is going abroad, must inform (his parents where he is going); when he returns, he must present himself before them.

8. face-to-face

   面談／面谈  ―  miàntán  ―  to talk with someone face to face

   面告  ―  miàngào  ―  to inform face to face

   • 群臣吏民，能面刺寡人之過者，受上賞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     群臣吏民，能面刺寡人之过者，受上赏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Qúnchén lìmín, néng miàncì guǎrén zhī guò zhě, shòu shàng shǎng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

9. to face

   面壁  ―  miànbì  ―  to face the wall

   背山面水  ―  bèi shān miàn shuǐ  ―  backing on to a mountain and facing a body of water

10. suffix used to form a noun of locality

    前面  ―  qiánmiàn  ―  in front

    上面  ―  shàngmiàn  ―  higher place

    西面  ―  xīmiàn  ―  west

11. Short for 面試／面试 (miànshì, “interview”).

    HR面  ―  HRmiàn  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

12. Classifier for objects with a flat surface.

    一面國旗／一面国旗  ―  yī miàn guóqí  ―  a national flag

    一面鼓  ―  yī miàn gǔ  ―  a drum

13. Classifier for numbers of times people meet each other.

    我和他只見過一面。 [MSC, trad.]
    我和他只见过一面。 [MSC, simp.]

    Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guò yī miàn. [Pinyin]

    I have only met him once.

• (face):

• (dignity):

Others:

• → Proto-Mien: *ʰmi̯enᴬ (“face”)
• → Vietnamese: miền (沔)
• → Zhuang: mienh

• “面”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

• Go-on: めん (men, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: べん (ben)
• Kun: おも (omo, 面, Jōyō); おもて (omote, 面, Jōyō); つら (tsura, 面, Jōyō); も (mo, 面)

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) めん [mèń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) め​ん [méꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [mẽ̞ɴ]

面(めん) • (men) 

1. face

   面(めん)あり！

   Men ari!

   (kendo) Face hit!

2. surface
3. mask

   天狗(てんぐ)のお面(めん)

   tengu no o-men

   tengu mask

4. page
5. (music) side of a record or CD

   両A(りょうエ)面(めん)

   ryō e-men

   double A-side

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) おもて​ [òmótéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞mo̞te̞]

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

1. face

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) つら​ [tsùráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾa̠]

面(つら) • (tsura) 

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

面(づら) • (-zura) 

1. -looking

From Middle Chinese 面 (MC miᴇn^H).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mjɘ(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [면(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource 面 (eumhun 낯 면 (nat myeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 면 (“side; aspect”). [noun]
2. Hanja form^? of 면 (“(government) township”). [noun]

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

面: Hán Nôm readings: diện, miến, miền[1]

1. (colloquial) chữ Hán form of diện (“to dress up, to be well-dressed”).
2. chữ Hán form of diện (“face, appearance”).
3. chữ Hán form of diện (“aspect; area”).
4. Nôm form of miền (“region; district; domain”).