Our character today continues with 面, but it has a total different meaning than face. It is quite obvious with its Traditional Chinese Character counter-party: 麺.
麺 is consisted of 麦, which we know to mean wheat, and 面, which we just learnt to mean face. So what does it mean by face of a wheat?
Actually 麺 does not mean face of a wheat, it is a Phonogram character, 麦 is used to emphasize that 麺 related to wheat, while 面 is its pronunciation part. 麺 pronounces exactly the same as 面.
麺 means noodle. for example 麺条.
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| 面条 |
面 is its simplified version with 麦 removed. So we can also say 面条.
There is another Traditional character of 麺, which is 麪. Right hand part of 麪 is 丏(whose pronunciations is also mian3).
That is all for 面 | 麺 | 麪, time to enjoy a Chinese calligraphy with 面 | 麺 | 麪 inside:
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| 千人千面 |
