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JLPT N3 11 strokes Frequency: #1702

Meanings

Cat

Radicals

犭

Decomposition

âż°çŠ­è‹—

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)
ビョォ byou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ねこ neko

Words Using This Kanji

122 words total
Other (20 words)
çŒ«ć«Œă„ ねこぎらい

cat hater

ăƒȘăƒ“ă‚ąçŒ« ăƒȘビケねこ

African wildcat (Felis lybica)

猫矩矩 ねこぎぎ

Pseudobagrus ichikawai (species of catfish)

ćŻŸéŠŹć±±çŒ« ă€ă—ăŸă‚„ăŸă­ă“

Amur leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus)

çŒ«ă‚’ă‹ă¶ă‚‹ ねこをかぶる

to feign friendliness

ćŒ–ă‘çŒ« ばけねこ

monster cat

ćź¶çŒ« いえねこ

cat (Felis catus)

çŒ«ç«é‰ą ねこăČばづ

clay bed-warmer (cylindrical with holes in the sides, containing a brazier)

çŒ«è€ł ねこみみ

cat ears

çŒ«ăŁæŻ› ねこっけ

fine, soft hair

æŒă‚ŠçŒ« すăȘどりねこ

fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)

æ€Ș猫 かいびょう

monster cat

猫草 ねこくさ

cat grass (often Avena sativa)

çŒ«éŁŻ ă­ă“ăŸă‚“ăŸ

dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes

ăƒšăƒŒăƒ­ăƒƒăƒ‘ć€§ć±±çŒ« ăƒšăƒŒăƒ­ăƒƒăƒ‘ăŠăŠă‚„ăŸă­ă“

Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)

èŠȘ猫 おやねこ

parent cat

ć€–çŒ« そべねこ

outdoor cat

ć†…çŒ« うちねこ

indoor cat

çŒ«ćš˜ ねこむすめ

catgirl

猫砂 ねこすăȘ

cat litter