Japanese Word Entry

表面
Kana:ひょうめん
Romaji:hyoumen
Definitions:
  1. surface, face

  2. outside, exterior

  3. appearances, superficiality


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Chinese characters used in this word

surface, table, chart, diagram, show, express, manifest, display
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ (biǎo)
Cantonese: biu2
Japanese: ヒョウ (hyou) / おもて (omote)、 -おもて (-omote)、 あらわ.す (arawasu)、 あらわ.れる (arawareru)、 うわぎ (uwagi)
Korean: 표 (pyo)
Vietnamese: biểu

mask, face, features, surface, plane, side, dimension, Kangxi radical 176
Readings
Mandarin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ (miàn)
Cantonese: min6
Japanese: メン (men)、 ベン (ben) / おも (omo)、 おもて (omote)、 つら (tsura)
Korean: 면 (myeon)
Vietnamese: diện
Variants
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