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面

miàn

related components & characters

[object Object]

classical translation

face, surface

a seed with pod, an encircled flower
ecological image

a seed with pod, an encircled flower

The Oracle characters look like the image of 見, a seed with roots, with the addition of an area encircled around the seed, which I think is a seed pod.. The seal character is altogether different, and shows a flower (see 夏 for basis) with a circle around it. The face was analogically like the "flower" of a plant, and this is the reason why correspondences for the face, or complexion, include summer and fire.

nuanced meaning

ancient characters
Oracle script
alternate images from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology:
Oracle script

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