Spot 貌
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
貌 component
mào · countenance, appearance
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 貌
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue貌Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 貌.
藐=
艹
邈=
辶
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 貌 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
藐视miǎoshì
to despise
HSK 3.0 · L7-9绵邈mián miǎofar back in time
缅邈miǎn miǎofar
藐法miǎo fǎto disregard the law
藐孤miǎo gūsmall orphan
藐忽miǎo hūto disregard
藐藐miǎo miǎocontemptuous
藐视一切miǎo shì yī qièto look down upon everything
藐miǎoto despise, to disdain
邈邈miǎo miǎofar away
邈冥冥miǎo míng míngfar off
邈然miǎo rándistant