貌 (mào)

appearance; manner

How 貌 is written

Strokes
14
Radical
豸 — cat/badger
Traditional
貌
Simplified
貌 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 貌

貌似 màosì
to appear to be; to seem as if
外貌 wàimào
profile; appearance
容貌 róngmào
one's appearance; one's aspect; looks
相貌 xiàngmào
appearance
禮貌 lǐmào
courtesy; manners
美貌 měimào
good-looking
貌美 màoměi
good looks; pretty (e.g. young woman)
面貌 miànmào
appearance; face; features
人不可貌相 rénbùkěmàoxiàng
you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom); you can't judge a book by its cover; often in combination 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang4]
全貌 quánmào
complete picture; full view
原貌 yuánmào
the original form
品貌 pǐnmào
behavior and appearance

貌 in a sentence

在圖書館大聲說話很不禮貌。

Zài túshūguǎn dàshēng shuōhuà hěn bù lǐmào.

“It is very impolite to speak loudly in the library.”

How common is 貌?

貌 is the 1,593rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95.2% of all running text.

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