U+8C8C "貌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+8C8C "貌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "appearance," "form," "countenance," or "physiognomy," and it is widely used in both modern and classical East Asian languages including Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Composed of the radical for "animal/beast" (豸) on the left and a phonetic component on the right, this character often appears in words related to facial expression, outward look, or manner, such as in the term "面貌" meaning "face" or "features." It is also a key component in the concept of "外貌" meaning "outward appearance" and plays a role in philosophical and literary contexts, such as describing the natural form of things. The character sits in the CJK Unified Ideograph block of the Unicode standard, encoded at code point U+8C8C, and is an essential part of written Chinese vocabulary for describing visual and perceptual qualities.