猫

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.2 Etymology 2 3.3 Noun 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 3.4.2 Derived terms 3.5 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

猫 (radical 94 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹廿田 (KHTW))

1. cat

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 714, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20535
• Dae Jaweon: page 1127, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1352, character 1
• Unihan data for U+732B

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

猫 (traditional 貓, Yale maau1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

/neko1/: [neko]

[edit] Noun

猫 (hiragana ねこ, romaji neko)

1. cat
   • 934-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 7 page 56)

   猫 野王案、猫、音苗、禰古麻、下總本有和名二字興河海抄引此合、本草和名同訓、或省云禰古、新撰字鏡、狸、禰古、按狸一名猫、見本草和名、似虎而小、熊捕鼠為糧

[edit] Etymology 2

/neko1ma/: [nekoma]

[edit] Noun

猫 (hiragana ねこま, romaji nekoma)

1. cat
   • 934-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 7 page 56)

   猫 野王案、猫、音苗、禰古麻、下總本有和名二字興河海抄引此合、本草和名同訓、或省云禰古、新撰字鏡、狸、禰古、按狸一名猫、見本草和名、似虎而小、熊捕鼠為糧

[edit] Kanji

猫 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: びょう (byō), ぼう (bō), みょう (myō)
• Kun: ねこ (neko)

[edit] Derived terms

• 子猫, 仔猫
• 猫も杓子も
• 猫の手も借りたい
• 猫舌
• 猫に小判
• シュレーディンガーの猫

[edit] References

• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu [931-938] (1968). Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese). Kyōto: Rinsen. ISBN 4-653-00507-9.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

猫 (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune-Reischauer myo, Yale myo)

1. (고양이 묘, goyang-i): cat

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

猫 (traditional 貓, pinyin māo (mao1), Wade-Giles mao¹)