貌

mào
#1,593 most
frequent character
appearance

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

貌 uses 皃, a face’s appearance, as the picture part and 豸 māo for sound. Here 豸 is the old form of 貓 māo, not zhì. It first meant the appearance of the face, then grew to appearance and aspect.

Drawn as: face's appearance

貌 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
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Homophones

冒mào
give off, risk, bold, boldly
帽mào
hat, cap
贸mào
commerce, trade

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