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貌

貌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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Meaning

form, appearance, countenance

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かおかたち。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「豸」+音符「皃」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボウJHS
  • バク
Kun (native)
  • かたち
  • かたどる
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音mao4
  • 한글mo
  • 한글mag
  • Hán-ViệtMạo
  • Hán-ViệtMộc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
豸(むじなへん)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8C8C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰豸皃

Example sentences

  • 美貌は皮一重。

    Beauty is but skin deep.

  • 全貌を聞きたい。

    I want to hear the whole story.

  • 美貌を自慢している。

    She prides herself on her beauty.

Sentences and translations come from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), shortest first.

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-7
Four Corner
2621.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c10.6
Heisig
2125
Nelson
4483