貌
See also: 皃
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Translingual
Han character
貌 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月竹竹日山 (BHHAU), four-corner 26210, composition ⿰豸皃)
References
- KangXi: page 1201, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36556
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3913, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8C8C
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
貌 | |
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2nd round simp. | 皃 | |
alternative forms | 皃 ancient |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (皃) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mreːwɢs) : phonetic 豹 (OC *preːwɢs) + semantic 皃 (“looks”).
Originally written as 皃 (OC *mreːwɢs, *mreːwɢ), which is a pictogram (象形) of the face.
Pronunciation
Definitions
貌
- facial appearance; facial features; looks
- outward appearance
- expression; countenance
- (Classical Chinese) Used by ancient scholars to define terms describing appearance: appearance of; description of
- 匈奴謂天為「撐犁」,謂子為「孤塗」,單于者,廣大之貌也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Xiōngnú wèi tiān wéi “chēnglí”, wèi zǐ wèi “gūtú”, chányú zhě, guǎngdà zhī mào yě. [Pinyin]
- The Xiongnu call "heaven" chengli and call "son" gutu; as for chanyu, it describes the vast and great appearance.
匈奴谓天为“撑犁”,谓子为“孤涂”,单于者,广大之貌也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- superficial; outer
Compounds
Derived terms from 貌
Japanese
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 貌 (MC mˠauH). Recorded as Middle Korean 모〯 (mwǒ) (Yale: mwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
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