māo
cat
Phonosemantic compound. 豸 represents the meaning and 苗 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 貓
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
cat | ||
panda | ||
giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) | ||
kitten | ||
owl |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.mˤraw | maew | māo | cat |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 22.1848% of movies
1084th most common character in movies
1673rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8C93 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“貓，貍屬。从豸，苗聲。” |
Sources
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