面 miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 面 — face
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
面积
miànjī
area
Characters in this word
积 jī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 只 only, merely, just
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这里面积大。 Zhèlǐ miànjī dà. This place has a large area.
- 房子面积小。 Fángzi miànjī xiǎo. The house has a small area.
- 面积不大。 Miànjī bú dà. The area is not large.
Related words
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 面包 miànbāo bread
- 面条儿 miàntiáor noodles
- 对面 duìmiàn opposite; across from
- 方便面 fāngbiànmiàn instant noodles
- 方面 fāngmiàn aspect; side
- 面 miàn face, side (a measure word for flat things)
- 面 miàn noodles
- 面前 miànqián in front of
- 表面 biǎomiàn surface
- 后面 hòumiàn behind; the back
- 里面 lǐmiàn inside