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貌 mào countenance

countenance; appearance

How to remember 貌: 豸 crouching beast + 皃 countenance = countenance. When the crouching beast in the bushes turns out to be a kitten, the hiker's frightened countenance turns into a smiling countenance.

  • 1,595. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 14 strokes
  • Radical 豸

Component breakdown

貌 = 豸 crouching beast + 皃 countenance

  • 豸 crouching beast
  • 皃 countenance
The Gushi story

When the crouching beast in the bushes turns out to be a kitten, the hiker's frightened countenance turns into a smiling countenance.

How it came to be

The crouching beast block beside the countenance block, a face on a body. The beast carries the sound and the face carries the sense: how a thing looks, not what it is.

How it is used

  • Bound; appearance/looks. 外貌 (wàimào) outward appearance, 相貌 (xiàngmào) facial looks, 面貌 (miànmào) face/aspect.
  • 礼貌 (lǐmào) = manners/politeness: 有礼貌 (yǒu lǐmào) polite, 没礼貌 (méi lǐmào) rude - the most everyday use.
  • 面貌 (miànmào) is often figurative - the "look/aspect" of a city or era: 城市面貌 (chéngshì miànmào).

Characters built with 貌

Words with 貌

Example sentences

  • 那位先生很有礼貌。 Nà wèi xiānsheng hěn yǒu lǐmào.That man is extremely polite.