面 (miàn)

face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat sur

Etymology

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.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“面,顏前也。从,象人面形。”

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