Read Edit View history Discussion 面 miàn HSK1 face Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts the outline of a face, with an eye (目) in the middle. In simplified Chinese 面 is also used to mean "noodles", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 麵. Pinyin Separate values with commas miàn ×mian × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 面 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 面 ×麵 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts the outline of a face. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 面 Simp strokes 面 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 面 Simp strokes 面 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 面 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 300, 713 ], [ 331, 705 ], [ 386, 704 ], [ 696, 755 ], [ 747, 754 ] ], [ [ 452, 683 ], [ 473, 661 ], [ 475, 649 ], [ 407, 541 ], [ 382, 525 ] ], [ [ 154, 490 ], [ 186, 463 ], [ 207, 429 ], [ 224, 308 ], [ 237, 148 ], [ 256, 63 ] ], [ [ 205, 483 ], [ 257, 474 ], [ 413, 508 ], [ 674, 545 ], [ 773, 552 ], [ 807, 537 ], [ 842, 492 ], [ 810, 212 ], [ 796, 137 ], [ 777, 99 ], [ 778, 52 ] ], [ [ 369, 476 ], [ 392, 464 ], [ 405, 446 ], [ 411, 145 ], [ 425, 134 ] ], [ [ 565, 508 ], [ 592, 488 ], [ 599, 454 ], [ 593, 166 ], [ 577, 153 ] ], [ [ 439, 362 ], [ 449, 375 ], [ 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L 572 142 Q 499 135 432 126 L 392 123 Q 328 122 272 117 C 242 114 243 81 273 79 Z" ] } 9 strokes 面 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 290, 712 ], [ 386, 705 ], [ 756, 754 ] ], [ [ 452, 687 ], [ 474, 642 ], [ 377, 515 ] ], [ [ 149, 495 ], [ 206, 435 ], [ 248, 57 ] ], [ [ 200, 481 ], [ 248, 472 ], [ 758, 553 ], [ 807, 537 ], [ 844, 482 ], [ 779, 43 ] ], [ [ 371, 478 ], [ 407, 450 ], [ 415, 118 ] ], [ [ 566, 510 ], [ 599, 472 ], [ 596, 137 ] ], [ [ 431, 363 ], [ 537, 385 ] ], [ [ 431, 241 ], [ 538, 261 ] ], [ [ 266, 103 ], [ 751, 128 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M483,693C547,704 612,712 678,722C720,729 745,737 753,742C759,747 762,754 759,759C754,769 740,776 721,782C698,789 657,779 595,763C495,738 398,729 309,723C282,722 276,712 296,699C323,681 373,676 445,687C470,691 470,691 483,693Z", "M418,526C434,546 452,569 471,592C479,603 490,617 506,630C515,639 518,644 515,651C509,664 499,678 483,693C474,702 445,700 445,687C447,661 417,595 371,517C363,503 408,513 418,526Z", 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