貓

See also: 猫

Translingual

Han character

貓 (radical 153 豸+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月竹廿田 (BHTW), four-corner 4426₀, composition ⿰豸苗)

1. cat

References

• KangXi: page 1202, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36595
• Dae Jaweon: page 1664, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3914, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8C93

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Chinese

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trad.		貓
simp.		猫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māo (mao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): meu
• Min Nan (POJ): bâ / niau
• Wu (WT Romanisation): mau (T3); miau (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: māo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ
    • Wade-Giles: mao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau¹
    • Yale: māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau¹
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /me̯u⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ / niau
    • Tâi-lô: bâ / niau
    • IPA (Taipei): /ba²³/, /niaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³/, /niaʊ³⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: mau (T3); miau (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔ²³/, /miɔ²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (貓, reconstructed)
Character (貓), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 宵 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 武瀌切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/miᴇu/	/mi̯ɛu/	/miɛu/	/miɛu/	/miaw/	/mĭɛu/	/mjæu/
Character (貓), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 莫交切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mɣau/	/mau/	/mau/	/mɯau/	/maɨw/	/mau/	/mau/

Old Chinese pronunciation (貓, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
貓					9101					苗					宵					2					茅					/*mreːw/
貓					9109					苗					宵					2					苗					/*mrew/

Noun

貓

貓 (classifier 隻)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) cat

Compounds

Derivations

貓咪 (māomī) 貓頭鷹 (māotóuyīng) 熊貓 (xióngmāo) 薛定諤的貓 (Xuēdìng'è de māo) 夜貓子 (yèmāozi)

See also

• 喵 (miāo) meow, the onomatopoeic cry of a cat

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Japanese

Kanji

貓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. cat

Readings

• On: びょう (byō)
• Kun: ねこ (neko)

Noun

貓 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 猫, counter 匹, hiragana ねこ, katakana ネコ, romaji neko)

1. cat

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Korean

Hanja

貓 (myo) (hangeul 묘, McCune-Reischauer myo, Yale myo)

1. cat

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Vietnamese

Han character

貓 (miêu, mèo)

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