IDENTITY
猫māocat
HSK 1Top 800
CORE MEANING
cat
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.catHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 犭animal radical (quǎn)
- strokes
- 11
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰犭苗
- animal
- gives the sound māo
USAGE
Common words
小猫xiǎomāokitten
熊猫xióngmāopanda
Graded examples
这只猫很可爱。Zhè zhī māo hěn kě’ài.HSK2
This cat is very cute.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 描
LEARNING
Memory aid
The animal (犭) that cries miáo (苗) — the cat. (From 貓.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #800
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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