Meaning
cat; pussy
Chinese: 猫这种动物。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “mao” becomes a different word in each tone. 猫 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 熊猫xióng māopanda
- 大熊猫dà xióng māogiant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
- 过猫guò māo(Tw) edible fern fronds (fiddleheads), specifically Diplazium esculentum
- 家猫jiā māodomestic cat; house cat
- 小猫xiǎo māokitten
Example Sentence
我家的小猫喜欢晒太阳。Wǒ jiā de xiǎo māo xǐ huan shài tài yáng.My cat likes to bask in the sun.
我WǒI家的jiā dewife小猫xiǎo māokitten喜欢xǐ huanto like晒太阳shài tài yángto put sth in the sun (e.g。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The animal radical 犭 plus 苗 (miáo, sound): the animal ‘cat’. Simplified from 貓.
A way to remember it
The animal radical 犭 + the sound 苗 — a cat.
Easy to confuse with
- 狗‘Dog’: the same animal radical 犭, but with 句 as the sound.