面 (miàn) · noodles

面 (miàn) means “noodles”. It is a single picture-like unit with 9 strokes, and is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 面 into its parts

What 面 is made of

面 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 9 strokes.

Origin hint: A person's face (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

面 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 面

• 见面jiànmiànto meet
• 面包miànbāobread
• 面条儿miàntiáornoodles
• 对面duìmiànopposite
• 方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles
• 方面fāngmiànaspect
• 面前miànqiánin front of
• 表面biǎomiànsurface
• 后面hòumianbehind
• 里面lǐmiàninside
• 另一方面lìng yī fāngmiànon the other hand
• 面对miànduìto face
• 面积miànjīarea
• 前面qiánmiànin front
• 全面quánmiàncomprehensive
• 上面shàngmiànon top
• 外面wàimiànoutside
• 下面xiàmiànbelow
• 一方面yīfāngmiànon the one hand
• 地面dìmiànground
• 面临miànlínto face
• 面试miànshìinterview
• 片面piànmiànone-sided
• 面条miàntiáonoodles
• 侧面cèmiànside
• 场面chǎngmiànscene
• 当面dāngmiànface to face
• 反面fǎnmiànreverse side
• 局面júmiànsituation
• 面貌miànmàoappearance
• 面子miànziface
• 平面píngmiànplane
• 书面shūmiànwritten
• 体面tǐmiàndignified
• 迎面yíngmiànhead-on

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