mào

face, countenance

Depicts a person's () face.

Components
◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a face.

人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Evolution

皃 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
皃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
皃 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
皃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

mào

countenance, appearance; variant of [mào]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+7683

Shuowen

“皃,頌儀也。从人,白象人面形。,皃或从頁,豹省聲。貌,籀文皃,从豹省。”


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