貓

See also: 猫

貓	U+8C93, 貓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C93

← 貒
[U+8C92]

CJK Unified Ideographs

貔 →
[U+8C94]

Translingual

Japanese	猫
Simplified	猫
Traditional	貓

Han character

貓 (radical 153 豸+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月竹廿田 (BHTW), four-corner 4426₀, composition ⿰豸苗)

References

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

trad.		貓
simp.		猫

一隻貓／一只猫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (苗) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
貓	mreːw, mrew
描	mreːw, mrew
媌	mreːw, mreːwʔ
緢	mreːwʔ, mreːws, *mrew
苗	*mrew
猫	*mrew
庿	*mrews

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mreːw, *mrew) : semantic 豸 + phonetic 苗 (OC *mrew).

Etymology

“cat”: Onomatopoetic. Compare 喵 (miāo, “meow, the onomatopoeic cry of a cat”).
“modem”: Borrowed from English modem.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): māo, máo (mao¹, mao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠ, ㄇㄠˊ

(Chengdu, SP): mao¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic): мо (I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): maau¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): miu²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): meu
Min Bei (KCR): mê
Min Dong (BUC): mà / mièu
Min Nan (POJ): bâ / niau / bâu
Wu (Wiktionary): mau (T3); miau (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: māo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ
  - Wade–Giles: mao¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhau
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (貓兒／猫儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: māor
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠㄦ
  - Wade–Giles: maorh¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhaul
  - IPA ^(key): /maʊɻʷ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: máo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
  - Wade–Giles: mao²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/

Note: máo - “to bend over”.

- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mao¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mao
  - IPA ^(key): /mau⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: мо (I)
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔː²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau¹
  - Yale: māau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: miu²
  - IPA ^(key): /ᵐbiu⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu
  - Hakka Romanization System: meu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: meu⁴
  - IPA: /me̯u⁵⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mê
  - IPA ^(key): /me³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mà / mièu
  - IPA ^(key): /ma⁵³/, /mieu⁵³/

Note:

mà - vernacular;
mièu - literary.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ
  - Tâi-lô: bâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ba²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niau
  - Tâi-lô: niau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niaw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /niãʊ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /niãʊ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâu
  - Tâi-lô: bâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /baʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /baʊ²⁴/

Note:

bâ/niau - vernacular;
bâu - literary.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: mau (T3); miau (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔ²³/, /miɔ²³/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 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/
Hui	Tunxi	/mən²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/miau³³/ /mau³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/maɯ³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/mɑu⁴⁵/ /miɛu⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/miau⁵³/
Hakka	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/

Middle Chinese: /mˠiᴇu/, /mˠau/▼

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

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*mreːw/, /*mrew/

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/

Definitions

貓

cat (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
(dialectal) to hide oneself
(Mandarin, colloquial) to bend over; to stoop
(loanword, colloquial) modem

Compounds

三腳貓／三脚猫 (sānjiǎomāo)
偷貓遞狗／偷猫递狗
加菲貓／加菲猫
咬人貓／咬人猫
夜貓子／夜猫子 (yèmāozi)
小貓熊／小猫熊
山貓／山猫 (shānmāo)
憋死貓／憋死猫
捉鼠拿貓／捉鼠拿猫
暹羅貓／暹罗猫
木貓／木猫
照貓畫虎／照猫画虎
熊貓／熊猫 (xióngmāo)
狸貓／狸猫 (límāo)
病貓／病猫
窮鼠齧貓／穷鼠啮猫
老鼠見貓／老鼠见猫
花貓巧嘴／花猫巧嘴

薛定諤的貓／薛定谔的猫 (Xuēdìng'è de māo)
藏貓兒／藏猫儿
豹貓／豹猫 (bàomāo)
貍貓／狸猫
貓兒／猫儿 (māor)
貓兒洗臉／猫儿洗脸
貓兒眼／猫儿眼 (māoryǎn)
貓兒臉／猫儿脸
貓兒頭／猫儿头
貓兒食／猫儿食
貓咪／猫咪 (māomī)
貓哭老鼠／猫哭老鼠
貓哭耗子／猫哭耗子
貓噬鸚鵡／猫噬鹦鹉
貓尾紅／猫尾红
貓嶼／猫屿
貓溺／猫溺

貓熊／猫熊 (māoxióng)
貓猴／猫猴
貓眼石／猫眼石
貓耳朵／猫耳朵
貓頭鷹／猫头鹰 (māotóuyīng)
貓鼠同眠／猫鼠同眠
貓鼻頭／猫鼻头
躲貓貓／躲猫猫
郎貓／郎猫
醉貓兒／醉猫儿
野貓／野猫 (yěmāo)
鐵貓／铁猫
鐵貓兒／铁猫儿
阿貓阿狗／阿猫阿狗 (āmāo'āgǒu)
靈貓／灵猫 (língmāo)
黃貓黑尾／黄猫黑尾
黑貓／黑猫

Japanese

Kanji

貓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): びょう (byō)
Kun: ねこ (neko, 貓)

Noun

貓 (counter 匹, hiragana ねこ, katakana ネコ, rōmaji neko)

Alternative form of 猫 (“cat”)

Korean

Hanja

貓 • (myo) (hangeul 묘)

cat

Vietnamese

Han character

貓 (mèo, miêu)

cat

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