猫 — Chinese character
猫
māo
cat
- Pinyin
- māo
- Radical
- 94 ⽝ (Dog)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 犭 苗
- Formation
- pictophonetic — animal; meaning component 犭; sound component 苗
- Traditional
- 貓
- Japanese
- 猫 as a kanji
Common words with 猫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熊猫 (熊貓) | xióng māo | panda; 只 (zhī) |
| 猫咪 (貓咪) | māo mī | kitty (affectionate term for a cat) |
| 小猫 (小貓) | xiǎo māo | kitten |
| 大熊猫 (大熊貓) | dà xióng māo | giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) |
| 猫头鹰 (貓頭鷹) | māo tóu yīng | owl |
| 野猫 (野貓) | yě māo | wildcat; feral cat; stray cat |
| 猫腻 (貓膩) | māo nì | (coll.) something fishy; shenanigans |
| 猫眼 (貓眼) | māo yǎn | peephole (in a door); (mineralogy) chrysoberyl |
| 躲猫猫 (躲貓貓) | duǒ māo māo | hide-and-seek (game); peekaboo (game) |
| 猫儿 (貓兒) | māo ér | kitten |
| 山猫 (山貓) | shān māo | lynx; bobcat |
| 夜猫子 (夜貓子) | yè māo zi | owl; (fig.) night owl |
English words written with 猫
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.