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面 — face; side; surface

face; side; surface; aspect; top

Pinyin
miàn
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 面: 9 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

面 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 面 in the HSK syllabus: 57

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 面包miànbāobreadHSK 1
  2. 面条儿miàntiáor—HSK 1
  3. 后面hòumiànthe back; the rear; the last bitHSK 2
  4. 里面lǐmiàninside; interiorHSK 2
  5. 面miànface; side; surface; aspect; topHSK 2
  6. 前面qiánmiànahead; in front; preceding; aboveHSK 2
  7. 上面shàngmiànon top of; above-mentionedHSK 2
  8. 外面wàimiànoutside; surface; exterior; external appearanceHSK 2
  9. 下面xiàmiànbelow; under; next; the followingHSK 2
  10. 方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodlesHSK 3
  11. 见面jiànmiànto meet; to see each otherHSK 3
  12. 面前miànqiánin front of; facing; presenceHSK 3
  13. 对面duìmiànopposite; across; directly in front of one; up aheadHSK 4
  14. 方面fāngmiànrespect; aspect; field; sideHSK 4
  15. 面对miànduìto face; to confrontHSK 4
  16. 面试miànshìto be interviewed; interviewHSK 4
  17. 表面biǎomiànsurface; face; outside; appearanceHSK 5
  18. 地面dìmiànfloor; ground; surfaceHSK 5
  19. 画面huàmiànscene; tableau; picture; image; screen; frameHSK 5
  20. 面积miànjīarea; surface area; tract of landHSK 5
  21. 面临miànlínto face sth; to be confronted withHSK 5
  22. 面向miànxiàngto face; to turn towards; geared towards; catering for; -orientedHSK 5
  23. 全面quánmiànall-around; comprehensive; total; overallHSK 5
  24. 层面céngmiànaspect; facet; level; bedding planeHSK 6
  25. 场面chǎngmiànscene; spectacle; occasion; situationHSK 6
  26. 当面dāngmiànto sb's face; in sb's presenceHSK 6
  27. 方方面面fāngfāngmiànmiànall sides; all aspects; multifacetedHSK 6
  28. 负面fùmiànnegative; the negative sideHSK 6
  29. 海面hǎimiànthe surface of the sea; ocean surfaceHSK 6
  30. 局面júmiànaspect; phase; situationHSK 6
  31. 路面lùmiànroad surfaceHSK 6
  32. 面部miànbùfaceHSK 6
  33. 面粉miànfěnflourHSK 6
  34. 面子miànziouter surface; the outside of sthHSK 6
  35. 片面piànmiànunilateral; one-sidedHSK 6
  36. 书面shūmiànin writing; writtenHSK 6
  37. 水面shuǐmiànwater surfaceHSK 6
  38. 正面zhèngmiànfront; obverse side; right side; positive; directHSK 6
  39. 背面bèimiànthe back; the reverse side; the wrong sideHSK 7–9
  40. 侧面cèmiànlateral side; side; aspect; profileHSK 7–9

And 17 more across the higher levels — the full lists are on the level pages.

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.