貌

See also: 皃 and 貎

貌 U+8C8C, 貌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C8C ← 貋 [U+8C8B] CJK Unified Ideographs 貍 → [U+8C8D]

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)

Derived characters

• 𢷕, 𣞠, 𱚯, 邈, 𲌰, 藐, 㦝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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
2nd round simp.		皃
alternative forms		皃 ancient

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (皃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
貌	*mreːwɢs
皃	*mreːwɢs, *mreːwɢ
藐	*mawʔ, *mraːwɢ
邈	*mraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, 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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mào (mao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mao⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maau⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mau⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): mau⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mau

  (Hailu, HRS): mau^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mau⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): mau³
• Northern Min (KCR): māu
• Eastern Min (BUC): mâu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): māu / bāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mao⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mào
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴
    • Yale: màu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maw
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maau⁶
    • Yale: maauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbau³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mau
    • Hakka Romanization System: mau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mau̯⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: mau^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /mau³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mau⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: māu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māu
    • Tâi-lô: māu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mãu²²/
    • IPA (Zhangpu, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mãu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāu
    • Tâi-lô: bāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bau
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /bau⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mau
    • MiniDict: mau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: mau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɒu̯⁴⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 貌
Mandarin	Beijing	/mɑu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/mau⁵³/
	Tianjin	/mɑu⁵³/
	Jinan	/mɔ²¹/
	Qingdao	/mɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/mau³¹²/
	Xi'an	/mau⁴⁴/
	Xining	/mɔ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/mɔ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/mɔ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/mɔ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/mau³⁵/
	Chengdu	/mau¹³/
	Guiyang	/mao²¹³/
	Kunming	/mɔ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/mɔo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/mɔ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/mau⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/mɔ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/mɔ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/mɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/mæ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/mɔ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/muɔ²²/
Hui	Shexian	/mɔ²²/
	Tunxi	/mo¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/mau⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/maɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/mɑu²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/mau⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/mɑu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mau²²/
	Nanning	/mau²²/
	Hong Kong	/mau²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/mau²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/mɑu²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/mau⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/mãu³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/mau³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: maewH

Rime
Character	貌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫敎切
Baxter	maewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/mauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨwH/
Li Rong	/mauH/
Wang Li	/mauH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤrawk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mreːwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mào
Middle Chinese	‹ maewH ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁrawk-s/
English	appearance, manner
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貌
Reading #	1/1
No.	8932
Phonetic component	皃
Rime group	豹
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	皃
Old Chinese	/*mreːwɢs/
Notes	皃籀文

Definitions

貌

1. facial appearance; facial features; looks
2. outward appearance
3. expression; countenance
4. (Classical) Used by ancient scholars to define terms describing appearance: appearance of; description of

   焂，……光動貌。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   焂，……光动貌。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: 1037, 《集韻》 (Jiyun)

   Shú,...... Guāng dòng mào. [Pinyin]

   Shú describes the appearance of a moving light.

   • 匈奴謂天為「撐犁」，謂子為「孤塗」，單于者，廣大之貌也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     匈奴谓天为「撑犁」，谓子为「孤涂」，单于者，广大之貌也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st 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.

5. superficial; outer

Compounds

• 一貌堂堂
• 以貌取人 (yǐmàoqǔrén)
• 像貌 (xiàngmào)
• 全貌 (quánmào)
• 其貌不揚 / 其貌不扬 (qímàobùyáng)
• 厚貌深情
• 原貌 (yuánmào)
• 古貌古心
• 品貌 (pǐnmào)
• 品貌風流 / 品貌风流
• 地貌 (dìmào)
• 外貌 (wàimào)
• 女貌郎才
• 容貌 (róngmào)
• 岸然道貌
• 年貌
• 年輕貌美 / 年轻貌美
• 形貌 (xíngmào)
• 德言工貌
• 情貌
• 才貌 (cáimào)
• 才貌雙全 / 才貌双全
• 改貌
• 文貌
• 新貌 (xīnmào)
• 月貌花容
• 月貌花龐 / 月貌花庞
• 村貌 (cūnmào)
• 概貌 (gàimào)
• 樣貌 / 样貌 (yàngmào)
• 潘安之貌
• 潘岳貌美
• 潘貌
• 狀貌 / 状貌 (zhuàngmào)
• 玉肌花貌
• 玉貌
• 玉貌潘郎
• 玉貌花容
• 相貌 (xiàngmào)
• 相貌堂堂 (xiàngmàotángtáng)
• 矯情飾貌 / 矫情饰貌
• 禮貌 / 礼貌 (lǐmào)
• 禮貌運動 / 礼貌运动
• 綺年玉貌 / 绮年玉貌
• 美貌 (měimào)
• 美貌無雙 / 美貌无双
• 聲貌 / 声貌
• 聲音笑貌 / 声音笑貌
• 花容月貌 (huāróngyuèmào)
• 花容玉貌
• 花顏月貌 / 花颜月貌
• 見貌辨色 / 见貌辨色
• 觀貌察色 / 观貌察色
• 謹毛失貌 / 谨毛失貌
• 貌不驚人 / 貌不惊人
• 貌似 (màosì)
• 貌同實異 / 貌同实异
• 貌合心離 / 貌合心离
• 貌合情離 / 貌合情离
• 貌合神離 / 貌合神离 (màohéshénlí)
• 貌合行離 / 貌合行离
• 貌執 / 貌执
• 貌寢 / 貌寝
• 貌是情非
• 貌白神清
• 貌相 (màoxiàng)
• 貌美
• 貌美如花
• 貌言
• 貌閱 / 貌阅
• 道貌
• 道貌凜然 / 道貌凛然
• 道貌岸然 (dàomào'ànrán)
• 郎才女貌
• 醉貌咕咚 (zuìmaogūdōng)
• 鑒貌辨色 / 鉴貌辨色
• 面貌 (miànmào)
• 音容笑貌 (yīnróngxiàomào)
• 風貌 / 风貌 (fēngmào)
• 體貌 / 体貌 (tǐmào)

 

Japanese

Kanji

貌

(Jōyō kanji)

1. facial appearance

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)、まく (maku)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)、ばく (baku)
• Kun: かたち (katachi, 貌)、かたどる (katadoru)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 貌 (MC maewH). Recorded as Middle Korean 모〯 (mwǒ) (Yale: mwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

貌 (eumhun 모양 모 (moyang mo))

1. hanja form^? of 모 (“appearance”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 용모 (容貌, yongmo)
• 외모 (外貌, oemo)
• 변모 (變貌, byeonmo)
• 면모 (面貌, myeonmo)
• 미모 (美貌, mimo)
• 본모 (本貌, bonmo)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

貌: Hán Nôm readings: mạo

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References

• Nom Foundation