ボウ, バク, かたち, かたどる

countenance, appearance

JLPT0 G13 S0 F5000

Originally # (cover the eyes) + person → dimly observed human figure. However, came to written as white (→ pale) and itself was subsumed in the character 貌, from which it derives the meanings *appearance*; *external aspects*.

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