Chinese Character 貌 Meanings and components.

Form

貌

Meaning

貌 meaning[3] in English

Appearance.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 貌 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are worm-like invertebrate (豸) , and variant of 貌[mao4] (皃)

Its radical[1] is: 豸 (zhi4) which means: Worm-Like Invertebrate, Mythical Animal (See 獬豸[Xie4 Zhi4]), Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 153), .豸zhi4worm-like invertebrate

In cangjie it is written with BHHAU

How to write 貌

To write貌mao4appearance you should write a combination of 豸zhi4worm-like invertebrate , 皃mao4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

豸 + 皃 = 貌

貌 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 貌 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 貌, looks as follow:

貌
Pinyin:mao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Appearance
豸
Pinyin:zhi4
Meaning[3]: Worm-Like Invertebrate . Mythical Animal (See 獬豸[Xie4 Zhi4]) . Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 153)
皃
Pinyin:mao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 貌[Mao4]
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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