biǎo

exterior surface

Depicts clothes () made from fur (), typically the outermost layer of clothing. In simplified Chinese is also used to mean "wristwatch", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character .

Components
毛 meaning component

  Meaning component

máo

  

hair

衣 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

clothes

Evolution

表 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
表 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
表 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

biǎo

show, express, manifest, display; exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth)

() 

biǎo

a watch, clock; wrist or pocket watch

Most common words with 表
Freq.
Word
Meaning

表现

to show

表示

to express

表演

play

代表

delegate

a model

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)