猫
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See also 貓
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Translingual [edit]
Han character [edit]
猫 (radical 94 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹廿田 (KHTW))
References [edit]
- 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
Cantonese [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
猫 (traditional 貓, jyutping maau1, Yale maau1)
Japanese [edit]
Kanji [edit]
Readings [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old Japanese. /*ni1a-ko1ma/ > /ne1ko1ma/ > /neko/
Shortened from nekoma: see below.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
猫 (hiragana ねこ, katakana ネコ, romaji neko)
- a cat
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- 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
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Derived terms [edit]
- 子猫, 仔猫 (こねこ, koneko): a kitten
- シュレーディンガーの猫 (シュレーディンガーのねこ, Shurēdingā no neko): Schrödinger's cat
- 猫かぶり
- 猫かわいがり
- とらねこ
- どらねこ
- やまねこ
- 唐猫
- 化け猫
- 招き猫
Idioms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old Japanese. /*ni1a-ko1ma/ > /ne1ko1ma/
Originally a compound of にゃ (nya, “onomatopoeia for the sound a cat makes (compare English mew)”) + こま (koma, “four-legged animal”).
Obsolete; replaced by shorter form neko in modern Japanese.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
猫 (hiragana ねこま, romaji nekoma)
- (obsolete) a cat
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- 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
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References [edit]
- 1968 May 18 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:
Korean [edit]
Hanja [edit]
猫 (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune-Reischauer myo, Yale myo)
Mandarin [edit]
| simpl. | 猫 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 貓 | |
Pronunciation [edit]
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Audio (file)
Hanzi [edit]
猫 (traditional 貓, pinyin māo (mao1), Wade-Giles mao1)
Noun [edit]
猫 (simplified, Pinyin māo, measure word 只, traditional 貓)
Derived terms [edit]
See also [edit]
- 喵 (pinyin: miāo) meow, the onomatopoeic cry of a cat
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