貓
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See also: 猫
Contents
Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
貓 (radical 153 豸+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月竹廿田 (BHTW), four-corner 44260, composition ⿰豸苗)
References[edit]
- 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
Chinese[edit]
| trad. | 貓 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 猫 | |
Etymology[edit]
Onomatopoetic. Compare 喵 (miāo).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maau1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): meu
- Min Nan (POJ): bâ / niau
- Wu (Wiktionary): mau (T3); miau (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ
- Wade-Giles: mao1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau
- IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
-
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (貓兒)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦ
- Wade-Giles: maorh1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaul
- IPA (key): /maʊɻʷ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: maau1
- Yale: māau
- Cantonese Pinyin: maau1
- IPA (key): /mɑːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu
- Hakka Romanization System: meu
- Hagfa Pinyim: meu4
- IPA: /me̯u⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ / niau
- Tâi-lô: bâ / niau
- Phofsit Daibuun: baa, niaw
- IPA (Taipei): /ba²⁴/, /niaʊ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³/, /niaʊ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: mau (T3); miau (T3)
- IPA (key): /mɔ²³/, /miɔ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
-
Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 貓 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /mɑu⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /mau⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /mɑu⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /mɔ⁴²/ /mɔ²¹³/ 瞧～兒 |
|
| Qingdao | /mɔ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /mau⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /mau²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /mɔ²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /mɔ⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /mɔ³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /mɔ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /mau⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /mau⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /mao⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /mɔ⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /mɔo²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /mɔ²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /mau¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /mɔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /mɔ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /mɔ²³/ /mɔ⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /mæ¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /mɔ²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /m̠uɔ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /mɔ³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /mən²⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /miau³³/ /mau³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /maɯ³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /mɑu⁴⁵/ /miɛu⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /miau⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /meu⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /mau⁵⁵/ |
| Nanning | /mau⁵⁵/ /mɛu⁵⁵/ |
|
| Hong Kong | /mau⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /bau³⁵/ /niau⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /ma⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /me³³/ /miau³³/ |
|
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /ŋiãu³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /va³¹/ /niau³⁵/ /niau²³/ |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 貓 | 貓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (92) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III | II |
| Fanqie | 武瀌切 | 莫交切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mˠiᴇu/ | /mˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mᵚiɛu/ | /mᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/miæu/ | /mau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/miaw/ | /maɨw/ |
| Li Rong |
/mjɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Wang Li |
/mĭɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mi̯ɛu/ | /mau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
miáo | máo |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 貓 | 貓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 9101 | 9109 |
| Phonetic component |
苗 | 苗 |
| Rime group |
宵 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
茅 | 苗 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mreːw/ | /*mrew/ |
Noun[edit]
貓
Compounds[edit]
See also[edit]
- 喵 (miāo, “meow, the onomatopoeic cry of a cat”)
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
貓
Readings[edit]
Noun[edit]
貓 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 猫, counter 匹, hiragana ねこ, katakana ネコ, romaji neko)
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
貓 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, McCune-Reischauer myo, Yale myo)
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
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