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猫

JLPT N3 11 strokes Frequency: #1702

Meanings

Cat

Radicals

犭

Decomposition

⿰犭苗

Etymology

Pictophonetic: animal

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 unknown top-to-bottom

3 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical top-to-bottom

6 vertical right-to-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ビョウ byou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ねこ neko

Words Using This Kanji

122 words total

Other (20 words)

リビア山猫リビアやまねこ

African wildcat (Felis lybica)

野猫のねこ

stray cat

熊猫くまねこ

panda

西表山猫いりおもてやまねこ

Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis)

山猫戦術やまねこせんじゅつ

wildcat tactics

猫又ねこまた

nekomata

犬猫いぬねこ

dogs and cats

好奇心は猫をも殺すこうきしんはねこをもころす

curiosity killed the cat

泥棒猫どろぼうねこ

thieving cat

シュレーディンガーの猫シュレーディンガーのねこ

Schrödinger's cat

猫額びょうがく

(as small as a) cat's forehead

どら猫どらねこ

stray cat

好奇心猫を殺すこうきしんねこをころす

curiosity killed the cat

借りてきた猫かりてきたねこ

someone who is suddenly quiet and meek

civet cat

cat scratch fever

wildcat strike

green foxtail (Setaria viridis)

猫好きねこずき

cat lover

トラ猫トラねこ

tabby cat

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