Radical 176


Radical 176 or radical face meaning "face" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals composed of 9 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 66 characters to be found under this radical.
面 is also the 180th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
In Simplified Chinese, 面 is also used as the simplified form of 麵/麪.

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a third grade kanji.