Radical 176
| 面 | ||
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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] | |
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Radical 176 or radical face (面部) meaning "strokes.
In the 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 -
Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 面 靣 (=面) |
| +5 | 靤 (=皰 -> 皮) |
| +6 | 靥SC (=靨) |
| +7 | 靦 |
| +12 | 靧 |
| +14 | 靨 |
Sinogram
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
- ^ Oh Hyung Min. "Hanja History Trek - Chinese radical entries site". Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
External links
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GF 0011-2009 Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components prescribes 201 principle indexing components and 100 associated indexing components (in brackets) used in Simplified Chinese. Not all associated indexing components are listed above. | |
