貌

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(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form

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HSK 3.0: Level 5
Old HSK: Level 4
Strokes: 14
Radical: 豸 +7
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 貌
Common rank: #1,661
Unicode: U+8C8C

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Formation & memory

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How 貌 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A beast's 豸 appearance 皃; 皃 also provides the pronunciation

Components 豸皃

How to remember it

mien · Heisig RSH #1903

leopard + dove + human legs

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 貌

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量	rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng	you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot …
人不可貌相	rén bù kě mào xiàng	you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom); you can't judge a book by its cover; often…
外貌主义	wài mào zhǔ yì	lookism
黄土地貌	huáng tǔ dì mào	loess landform
貌美如花	mào měi rú huā	(of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom); beautiful
貌合心离	mào hé xīn lí	see 貌合神離\|貌合神离[mao4 he2 shen2 li2]
貌合神离	mào hé shén lí	the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying d…
以貌取人	yǐ mào qǔ rén	to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
花容月貌	huā róng yuè mào	lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom); fig. (of a woman) beautiful
外貌协会	wài mào xié huì	the "good-looks club": people who attach great importance to a person's appearance (pun on…
有礼貌	yǒu lǐ mào	courteous; polite
才貌双全	cái mào shuāng quán	talented and good-looking (idiom)
其貌不扬	qí mào bù yáng	(idiom) nothing special to look at; unprepossessing
男才女貌	nán cái nǚ mào	talented man and beautiful woman; ideal couple
花貌蓬心	huā mào péng xīn	florid outside appearance, unkempt interior (idiom)
地貌	dì mào	(geology) landform; geomorphology
道貌岸然	dào mào àn rán	sanctimonious; dignified
体貌	tǐ mào	appearance
面貌	miàn mào	face; features; appearance; look
风貌	fēng mào	style; manner; ethos

Sound family

These characters use 貌 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
貌 sound part	mào	countenance, appearance
邈	miǎo	distant, remote; profound