by Josh Broyde
by Josh Broyde
1 Answer
麺 means noodles.
In simplified it comes out as 面
by Hannibal Hector
more specifically, 麵. I think 麺 is the Japanese variant?
by Trevor Kafka
It was from two separate traditional characters that got merged into one when simplified characters were introduced.
by Trevor Kafka
麵 this is the tradition character. You can find this character in Japanese language system too as many Chinese characters were exported together with its culture in history thousands of yrs ago.
面 - this is simplified character, with initial meaning as a flat surface. But 麵 was merged & simplified as 面 when the simplified character exercise happened.
by Andreae Ngian
面 started to mean face by embracing the character 目(eye), and later acquired the meaning of surface, side, aspect etc.
麪(same as 麵)used to mean flour or noodle, was simplified as 面, and the left part 麥 (simplified as 麦) means wheat
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