TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
面
ㄇㄧㄢˋ · miàn
noun — face; surface; side
字源 FORM — what the parts do
面形a face drawn whole — the cheek's outline around an eye (目)
The oracle graph draws a face: one eye (目), and the line of the cheek around it. From the face, every surface that faces you (表面、地面), and the side a thing turns toward you (方面、正面).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
抬頭，先看見那隻眼睛（目）——然後才是整張臉。
The eye (目) catches first — then the whole face around it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)臉（顏面、見面）— the face常用
→表面、地面— surface常用
⇒方面、正面— side, aspect
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension