Read Edit View history 貓 māomáo HSK2 cat Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 豸 represents the meaning and 苗 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas māo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 猫 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 貓 Simp strokes 貓 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 貓 Simp strokes 貓 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 貓 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 390, 764 ], [ 325, 760 ], [ 264, 705 ], [ 194, 655 ], [ 159, 634 ], [ 149, 634 ], [ 147, 627 ] ], [ [ 119, 581 ], [ 166, 532 ], [ 171, 508 ] ], [ [ 236, 641 ], [ 268, 610 ], [ 283, 582 ] ], [ [ 445, 621 ], [ 395, 625 ], [ 349, 575 ], [ 278, 513 ], [ 186, 448 ], [ 90, 398 ] ], [ [ 226, 451 ], [ 243, 449 ], [ 271, 426 ], [ 320, 371 ], [ 355, 292 ], [ 362, 189 ], [ 341, 82 ], [ 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