Several parts combine into one character.

表 combines 毛 (fur) and 衣 (clothing) — originally the "outer side" of a fur garment (衣) with the fur (毛) on the outside. From the outside of clothing grew "surface, outside, to show, to express," and the organized "table / chart." The 衣 (clothing) splits top and bottom with 毛 between.

Korean hanja-sound "pyo": 表面 (pyomyeon, surface), 表現 (pyohyeon, expression), 發表 (balpyo, announcement), 代表 (daepyo, representative), 圖表 (dopyo, chart), 時間表 (siganpyo, timetable). All three branches — "surface," "to express," and "table" — live on.

Mandarin: biǎo, 3rd tone. 表面 (biǎomiàn, surface), 表示 (biǎoshì, to indicate), 表演 (biǎoyǎn, to perform), 手表 (shǒubiǎo, wristwatch), 代表 (dàibiǎo, representative), 表格 (biǎogé, a form / table). In modern Chinese a wristwatch is 手表 (shǒubiǎo).

Japanese: on-reading ヒョウ (hyō), kun おもて (omote) and あらわ.す (arawasu). 表面 (hyōmen, surface), 発表 (happyō, announcement), 表 (omote, the front / outside), 表情 (hyōjō, facial expression), 時刻表 (jikokuhyō, timetable). Japanese 表 (omote, front) pairs with 裏 (ura, back).

Memory aid: fur (毛) between clothing (衣) — from the outer side of a fur garment to surface, expression, and table.