Radical 176
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| 面 | |
|---|---|
Radical 176 (U+2FAF)
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| 面 (U+9762) "face" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | miàn |
| Bopomofo: | ㄇㄧㄢˋ |
| Wade–Giles: | mien4 |
| Cantonese Yale: | min6 |
| Jyutping: | min6 |
| Japanese Kana: | メン men / ベン ben (on'yomi) おも omo / おもて omote (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 면 myeon |
| Hán-Việt: | diện, miến |
| Names | |
| Japanese name(s): | 面/めん men |
| Hangul: | 낯 nat[1] |
| Stroke order animation | |
| File:面-order.gif | |
Radical 176 or radical face (面部) meaning "face" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 66 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
面 is also the 180th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
In Simplified Chinese, 面 is also used as the simplified form of 麵/麪 ("noodles" or "flour").
Evolution
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Oracle bone script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
[edit | edit source]| Strokes | Characters |
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| +0 | 面 靣 (= 面) |
| +5 | 靤 (= 皰 → 皮) |
| +6 | 靥SC (= 靨) |
| +7 | 靦 |
| +12 | 靧 |
| +14 | 靨 |
Sinogram
[edit | edit source]The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[2] It is a third grade kanji.[2]
References
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External links
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