貌

貌 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月竹竹日山 (BHHAU), four-corner 2621₀, composition ⿰豸皃)

• 𢷕, 𣞠, 𱚯, 邈, 𲌰, 藐, 㦝

• 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

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.

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.

   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.

     The Xiongnu call "heaven" chengli and call "son" gutu; as for chanyu, it describes the vast and great appearance.

5. superficial; outer

(Jōyō kanji)

1. facial appearance

• 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)

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

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

貌

Wikisource

貌 (eumhun 모양 모 (moyang mo))

1. hanja form^? of 모 (“appearance”)

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

貌: Hán Nôm readings: mạo

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