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猫
猫
See also: 貓
Translingual
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Han character
猫 (radical 94 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹廿田 (KHTW), four-corner 44260, composition ⿰犭苗)
References
- 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
- zdic.net (漢典)
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 猫 – see 貓. (This character, 猫, is the simplified form of 貓.) |
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Japanese
Kanji
猫
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 貓)
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
Etymology 1
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ねこ Grade: S |
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From Old Japanese. /*ni1a-ko1ma/ → /ne1ko1ma/ → /neko/
Shortened from nekoma: see below.
Pronunciation
Noun
猫
猫 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 貓, counter 匹, hiragana ねこ, katakana ネコ, romaji neko)
- 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
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Idioms
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Etymology 2
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ねこま Grade: S |
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/*ni1a-ko1ma/ → /ne1ko1ma/
From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of にゃ (nya, “onomatopoeia for the sound a cat makes (compare English mew)”) + こま (koma, “four-legged animal”).
Obsolete; replaced by shorter form neko in modern Japanese.
Pronunciation
Noun
猫 (hiragana ねこま, romaji nekoma)
- (obsolete) 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
References
- ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 978-4-653-00507-0, published 1968.