TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
貌
貌 ＝ 豸 ＋ 皃
ㄇㄠˋ · mào
noun — appearance, looks, manner
字源 FORM — what the parts do
豸形a long-spined beast — the crouching-animal radical, added late to mark the word
皃義a face on a standing personthe right block — a face 白(=面) above legs 儿, the original graph for "looks"; the beast 豸 was bolted on later as a tag
The right 皃 is the old word: a face 白 set above a person 儿, the look of someone. The beast 豸 on the left was added later only to mark the graph apart. Together they write 容貌 the appearance; from how a person looks came 禮貌, the manner one shows.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一張臉（白）端端正正擺在人（儿）身上——這就是相貌。
A face (白) set square above a standing person (儿) — that is what 貌 shows: the look of them.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)容貌、相貌— appearance, looks常用
→面貌、外貌— features, outward form
⇒禮貌、貌似— manner, courtesy; seeming
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
豸zhìthe left radical, standing alone — the crouching beast it borrowed as a tag; 貌 carries its meaning in the right 貓＝ ＋ 苗māothe same radical next door — 貓 sets 苗 beside the beast for "cat", 貌 sets