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上面 (shàng miàn): meaning and stroke order

上面 (shàng miàn) means on top of, above-mentioned, also pr..

上面

Simplified
上面
Traditional
上面 (same form)
Pinyin
shàng miàn

Stroke order of 上面

上

  • shǎng used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
  • shàng (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts)
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

面

  • miàn face; side
  • miàn variant of 麵|面[mian4]
  • miàn flour; noodles
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 麪

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 上面

  1. shàng miàn
    • on top of
    • above-mentioned
    • also pr. [shang4 mian5]

Radicals of the characters

上
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 3 strokes
面
Radical 面 (Kangxi radical 176) · 9 strokes · 丆 on top, 囬 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

上面 in our stories

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  • 他回去仔细看了商品介绍，才发现上面写着：“玩具沙发，长十八厘米。”

    tā huíqu zǐxì kàn le shāngpǐn jièshào cái fāxiàn shàngmiàn xiě zhe wánjù shāfā cháng shíbā límǐ

    He went back and read the product description carefully, and only then saw that it said, "Toy sofa, 18 cm long."

    From the story The ninety-nine-yuan sofa HSK 4

  • 子涵没有争吵。妈妈生日那天，她端出了一个自己做的三层蛋糕，上面用奶油画着妈妈年轻时穿白大褂的样子。

    Zǐhán méiyǒu zhēngchǎo māma shēngrì nà tiān tā duān chū le yí gè zìjǐ zuò de sān céng dàngāo shàngmiàn yòng nǎiyóu huà zhe māma niánqīng shí chuān báidàguà de yàngzi

    Zihan didn't argue. On her mother's birthday she brought out a three-tier cake she had made, with her mother as a young doctor in a white coat piped on top in cream.

    From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5

  • 他们在自己的小区里贴了五十张纸，上面写着：“需要借什么，就在下面写上；愿意借出什么，也写上。”

    tāmen zài zìjǐ de xiǎoqū lǐ tiē le wǔshí zhāng zhǐ shàngmiàn xiě zhe xūyào jiè shénme jiù zài xiàmiàn xiě shàng yuànyì jièchū shénme yě xiě shàng

    They put up fifty sheets of paper around their housing estate: "Write below what you need to borrow, and what you're willing to lend."

    From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5

Stories using 上面

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).