When the formation data identifies 面 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
面
Radical 176 of 214 · 9 strokes
Face
miàn
Unicode uses 面 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimensionDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Pictograph of 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.
- ◎Pictographic componentcharacterless component
- 目Pictographic componenteye
- Category radical
- 面 face
- Visual structure
- Not available
HSK words with 面24 words in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.