猫

See also 貓

Translingual

Han character

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

1. cat

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

猫 (traditional 貓, Yale maau1)

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Japanese

Kanji

猫 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

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

Etymology 1

/*ni₁a-ko₁ma/ > /ne₁ko₁ma/ nia is onomatopoeia "mew", koma is "four-legged animal"

/neko1/: [neko] lacks ma

Noun

猫 (hiragana ねこ, katakana ネコ, romaji neko)

1. cat

   • 931-938: 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

Derived terms

• 子猫, 仔猫
• シュレーディンガーの猫

Idioms

• 猫も杓子も
• 猫の手も借りたい
• 猫舌
• 猫に小判
• 猫の額
  • 猫の額ほどの庭
  • 猫の額ほどの土地
  • 猫の額のような
• 借りてきた猫

Etymology 2

/neko1ma/: [nekoma]

Noun

猫 (hiragana ねこま, romaji nekoma)

1. cat

   • 931-938: 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

References

• 1968 February 12 [931-938], Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. (고양이 묘, goyang-i): cat

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Mandarin

simplified	猫
traditional	貓

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

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

Noun

猫 (simplified, Pinyin māo, measure word 只, traditional 貓)

1. cat

Derived terms

• māotóuyīng 猫头鹰
• xióngmāo 熊猫
• Xuēdìng’è de māo 薛定谔的猫
• yèmāozi 夜猫子