The kanji 猫: meaning, readings and stroke order
猫
- Meaning
- cat
- On reading
- ビョウ byou
- Kun reading
- ねこ neko
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 犬 dog
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- con mèo (miêu)
- Japanese
- ねこ。にゃあと なく どうぶつ。
- Korean
- 고양이 (묘)
- Chinese
- 猫
Readings, words and example sentences
ねこ neko · kun reading
猫
cat
うちの 猫は よく ねます。
Our cat sleeps a lot.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.