Today’s #kanji is #面, which makes its own radical, #めん. Some say it is a pictograph depicting the contour of a face and a neck. Others say it is a compound ideograph between the contour of the head/neck and a face-mask.
Meaning: face, surface, etc.
Reading: メン、おも、おもて、つら（づら）
（お）面（メン）: n. a (face) mask, a face guard
面会（メンカイ）: n. an interview, a meeting
面接（メンセツ）: n. an (official) interview
海面（カイメン）: n. the surface of the sea, sea level
対面（タイメン）: n. a (face-to-face) meeting; facing; confrontation
外面（ガイメン）: n. the outside, the exterior
面長（おもなが）: なadj. oval-faced, having a slightly elongated face
面持（おもも）ち a look, a face, a visage.
面（おもて）: face (顔/かお); a Noh mask (能面/のうめん)
面（つら）をしかめる：to grimace
外面（そとづら）がいい: exp. to be pleasant to everybody except one’s family, to be (bad-tempered at home but) pleasant to outsiders
