You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Badger (zhì) Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 1201, Entry 19 Ancient script. According to Extensive Dictionary of Rhymes (Guangyun), the pronunciation is mao (falling tone). According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is mao (falling tone). According to Explanation of Script and Elucidation of Characters (Shuowen), it refers to countenance or protocol. It is formed from the radical for person, with the character for white representing the face, visually depicting the shape of a human face. The seal script variant is formed from the radical for leopard, abbreviated as the current form. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Great Plan: The five matters, the first is called countenance. Commentary: Countenance is appearance and demeanor, the overarching term for the whole body. Also, Book of Rites (Liji), Suburban Sacrificial Offerings: The wei-mao (a type of ceremonial cap), the way of the Zhou. Note: Some call the wei-mao a cap. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Treatise on Carriages and Attire: The wei-mao is made from black silk. Also, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of Wandering Knights: An adage says: A person's appearance and glorious reputation, how could they have an end? Note: Glorious reputation and external adornment are praises without limit. Also a surname. Corrected Character Guide (Zhengzitong): Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): In the state of Qi, there was a man named Maobian. Also, according to Five Sound Collected Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun), the pronunciation is mao (falling tone). According to Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), to draw or paint a person to resemble their form is called mao. History of Tang (Tangshu), Biographies of Empresses and Consorts: Ordered an artisan to paint the likeness of the consort in a separate palace. Also synonymous with miao. It means distant. Han Yu, Poem on the Lunar Eclipse: Perfect and round in the east of the high heavens. Textual Investigations: In various editions, it is written as mao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also written as a variant form.