猫

猫 (radical 94, 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹廿田 (KHTW), four-corner 4426₀, composition ⿰犭苗)

• 𢵝, 𫫯

• KangXi: page 714, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20535
• Dae Jaweon: page 1127, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1352, character 1
• Unihan data for U+732B

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

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
• Kan-on: びょう (byō, Jōyō)^{←べう (beu, historical)}; ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kun: ねこ (neko, 猫, Jōyō)

猫 (neko): a cat.

*⟨ni₁a-ko₁ma⟩ → ⟨ne₁ko₁ma⟩ → /nekoma/ → /neko/

From Old Japanese. Shortened from earlier nekoma (see below).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ね​こ [néꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ne̞ko̞]

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

1. a cat

   猫 (ねこ)が二 (に)匹 (ひき)居 (い)る。

   Neko ga nihiki iru.

   There are two cats.

   家 (いえ)には猫 (ねこ)が三匹 (さんびき)います。

   Ie ni wa neko ga sanbiki imasu.

   There are three cats in the house.

   • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 7, page 56:

     猫: 野王案、猫、音苗、禰古麻、下總本有和名二字興河海抄引此合、本草和名同訓、或省云禰古、新撰字鏡、狸、禰古、按狸一名猫、見本草和名、似虎而小、熊捕鼠為糧

*⟨ni₁a-ko₁ma⟩ → ⟨ne₁ko₁ma⟩ → /nekoma/

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of にゃ (nya, “onomatopoeia for the sound a cat makes (compare English mew, meow)”) +‎ こま (koma, “four-legged animal”).

Obsolete; replaced by shorter form neko in modern Japanese.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ne̞ko̞ma̠]

猫 (hiragana ねこま, rōmaji nekoma)

1. (obsolete) a cat
   • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 7, page 56:

     猫: 野王案、猫、音苗、禰古麻、下總本有和名二字興河海抄引此合、本草和名同訓、或省云禰古、新撰字鏡、狸、禰古、按狸一名猫、見本草和名、似虎而小、熊捕鼠為糧

• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

猫 (eumhun 고양이 묘 (goyang-i myo))

1. Hanja form^? of 묘 (“cat”).

猫 (hiragana まやー, romaji mayā, hiragana まゆー, romaji mayū)

猫 (hiragana まやー, romaji mayā, hiragana まゆー, romaji mayū)

1. cat

猫 (hiragana まやー, romaji mayā)

猫 (hiragana まやー, romaji mayā)

1. cat

猫 (hiragana みゃんか, romaji myanka)

猫 (hiragana みゃんか, romaji myanka)

1. cat