Unicode: U+8C8C

Pinyin: mào

Definition

* 面容。 面~。容~。~相。以~取人。 * 外表的样子。 礼~。~合神离。道~岸然。 * 外观。 全~。 * 古书注解里表示状态、样子,如"飞貌"指飞的样子。 * 描绘,画像:"命工~妃于别殿"

countenance, appearance

Structure

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Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC