Chinese Character 猫 Meanings and components.

Form

猫

Meaning

猫 meaning[3] in English

Cat.

Cl:隻|只[Zhi1].

(Dialect) To Hide Oneself.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 猫 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and Hmong or Miao … (苗)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHTW

How to write 猫

To write猫mao1cat you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 苗miao2Hmong or … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 苗 = 猫

猫 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 猫 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 猫, looks as follow:

猫
Pinyin:mao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cat . Cl:隻|只[Zhi1] . (Dialect) To Hide Oneself . (Coll.) Modem
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
苗
Pinyin:miao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Hmong Or Miao Ethnic Group Of Southwest China . Surname Miao
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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