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U+9762, 面
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9762

[U+9761]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9763]
U+2FAF, ⾯
KANGXI RADICAL FACE

[U+2FAE]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2FB0]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified
Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 176, 面+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一田卜中 (MWYL) or 一田尸中 (MWSL), four-corner 10600, composition )

  1. Kangxi radical #176, .

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp. 𫩑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
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.

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation


Note:
  • min6-2 - surface, top, face; dignity, reputation, face.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter mjienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/miɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/mjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mianH/
Li
Rong
/miɛnH/
Wang
Li
/mĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
miàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
min6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
miàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjienH ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.me[n]-s/
English face

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9098
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mens/

Definitions

  1. (literary or dialectal) face (Classifier: c)
    笑容笑容   miàn dài xiàoróng   to have a smile on one's face
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 faai3 min6 jau5 daat3 je5. [Jyutping]
    There's something on your face.
  2. surface; top; face
       shuǐmiàn   water surface
       miàn   road surface
  3. aspect; side; respect
       quánmiàn   overall
  4. right side; cover; outside
  5. (geometry) face
    長方體 [MSC, trad.]
    长方体 [MSC, simp.]
    Chángfāngtǐ yǒu liù ge miàn. [Pinyin]
    A cuboid has six faces.
  6. (Cantonese, Singapore and Penang Hokkien) dignity; reputation; face
    [Cantonese]   mou5 min6-2 [Jyutping]   to lose face; to be embarrassed
  7. to meet
       miànshì   to come out (literally, “to meet the world”)
  8. face-to-face
       miàntán   to talk with someone face to face
       miàngào   to inform face to face
  9. to face
       miàn   to face the wall
       bèi shān miàn shuǐ   backing on to a mountain and facing a body of water
  10. suffix used to form a noun of locality
       qiánmiàn   in front
       shàngmiàn   higher place
    西   miàn   west
  11. Short for 面試面试 (miànshì, “interview”).
    HR   HRmiàn   (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  12. Classifier for objects with a flat surface.
    國旗国旗   miàn guóqí   a national flag
       miàn   a drum
  13. Classifier for numbers of times people meet each other.
    [MSC, trad.]
    [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guo yī miàn. [Pinyin]
    I have only met him once.
Synonyms
  • (face):
  • (dignity):
  • (classifier):

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (めん) (men)
  • Korean: 면(面) (myeon)
  • Vietnamese: diện ()

Others:

  • Proto-Mien: *ʰmi̯enᴬ (face)
  • Vietnamese: miền ()
  • Zhuang: mienh

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“flour; wheat noodles; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

References

Japanese

See also 面する

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
めん
Grade: 3
goon

From Middle Chinese (MC mjienH).

Pronunciation

Noun

(めん) • (men) 

  1. face
    (めん)あり
    Men ari!
    (kendo) Face hit!
  2. surface
  3. mask
    天狗(てんぐ)(めん)
    tengu no o-men
    tengu mask
  4. page
  5. (music) side of a record or CD
    (りょう )A()(めん)
    ryō e-men
    double A-side

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
おもて
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(おもて) • (omote) 

  1. face

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
つら
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [tsùráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾa̠]

Noun

(つら) • (tsura) 

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

Suffix

(づら) • (-zura) 

  1. -looking

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
おも
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
おも
[noun] face
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC mjienH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448면〮 (Yale: myén)
Middle Korean
TextEumhun
Gloss (hun)Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527ᄂᆞᆺ (Yale: nòs)면〯 (Yale: myěn)

Pronunciation

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

Hanja

Wikisource (eumhun (nat myeon))

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

Compounds

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

: 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).

Compounds

References

  1. Trần (2004).
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