猫 — kanji meaning “cat”
猫
cat
- Meanings
- cat
- On'yomi
- ビョウ (byou)
- Kun'yomi
- ねこ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1702 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 94
- Chinese reading
- māo, máo — Chinese character page
Words with 猫
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 子猫 | こねこ koneko | kitten |
| 野良猫 | のらねこ noraneko | stray cat; alley cat |
| 山猫 | やまねこ yamaneko | wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.) |
| 猫背 | ねこぜ nekoze | bent back; hunchback; stoop |
| 猫舌 | ねこじた nekojita | dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; cat tongue |
| 招き猫 | まねきねこ manekineko | beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain) |
| 猫娘 | ねこむすめ nekomusume | catgirl; character who looks, acts, etc. like a cat |
| 猫又 | ねこまた nekomata | nekomata; fork-tailed cat yōkai |
| 猫かぶり | ねこかぶり nekokaburi | feigned innocence; feigned gentleness; fake modesty |
| 海猫 | うみねこ umineko | black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris) |
| 猫島 | ねこじま nekojima | cat island; island with a large domestic cat population |
| 猫柳 | ねこやなぎ nekoyanagi | rosegold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla) |
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