Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Face

Alternative

Surface

Mnemonic

The face radical and the face kanji are the same! But this isn't just a face like the one you're looking at your computer/phone with. It's the surface kind of face too!

Readings

On’yomi

めん

Kun’yomi

おも, おもて

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

This face you're looking at, that has a lot of surface area, belongs to men (めん). Not a single man, but all men put together. It's hundreds of thousands of men's faces in a row.

Found In Vocabulary