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面

めん

surface, aspect

Mnemonic

One face of the thing turned toward you, with others you have not been shown. He had a side nobody expected, and the men めん at work saw a different one again: めん.

Worth knowing

地面 じめん is the ground's surface. 面 alone is a surface, a side or an aspect, and it is also the mask worn in noh. 顔 かお is a person's face.

Built from

face, surface
A pictograph, a face inside its outline.

Words sharing these kanji

interesting, amusing surface, ground annoying, troublesome serious, earnest

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