Dong Chinese dictionary

biǎo

exterior surface

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

Components

毛 Meaning component

máo

hair

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 毛 than it was in ancient scripts.

衣 Meaning component

yī, yì

clothes

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

表

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)

表 (錶)

biǎo

a watch, clock; wrist or pocket watch

Most common words with 表