JLPT N3 · 9 strokes
Kanji 面: "mask, face, features"
The kanji 面 means "mask, face, features, surface". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read メン, ベン in on'yomi and おも, おもて, つら in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
メンベン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おもおもてつら
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | mask, face, features, surface |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 186 of 2,501 |
Common words with 面
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 面白いinteresting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling · amusing; funny; comical
- 面倒trouble; bother · trouble; difficulty
- 面face · mask; face guard
- 地面ground; earth's surface · land; lot; plot
- 真面目serious; earnest; sober; grave · honest; sincere
- 正面the front · honest; upright; decent; proper
- 正面front; frontage; facade; main
- 場面scene; setting; place (where something happens); scenario · scene (in a movie, play); shot
- 一面one face; one surface · the whole surface
- 表面surface; face · outside; exterior
- 画面screen (of a TV, computer, etc.) · image (on a screen); picture; scene
- 仮面mask · disguise; guise; mask
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