Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
Variants:
cat
Kun:
ねこ
On:
ビョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 猫額 【ビョウガク】 (as small as a) cat's forehead
  • 猫額大 【ビョウガクダイ】 tiny
  • 怪猫 【カイビョウ】 monster cat, cat with magical powers
  • 成猫 【セイビョウ】 adult cat, fully-grown cat

Kun reading compounds

  • 猫 【ねこ】 cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus), shamisen, geisha, wheelbarrow, clay bed-warmer, bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
  • 猫 【ねこま】 cat
  • 野良猫 【のらねこ】 stray cat, alley cat
  • 山猫 【やまねこ】 wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.), wild cat, stray cat

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mao1, mao2
Korean:
myo

Spanish

  • gato

Portuguese

  • Gato

French

  • chat
1742 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1763 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2893 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
730 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1304 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1470 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1567 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1410 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1304 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
651 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
391 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
488 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
250 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20535X Morohashi
535 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3586 New Nelson (John Haig)
244 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
259 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1461 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2976 2001 Kanji
3g8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4426.0 Four corner code
1-39-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
732b Unicode hex code

2 strokes
Radical:
right hand
Parts:
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
Kun:
またまた-また.の-
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1874 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 又 【また】 again, once more, once again, another time, some other time, also, too, as well, likewise, on the other hand, while, and, in addition, besides, moreover, furthermore, or, otherwise, really, how, (what, why) on earth, indirect
  • 又は 【または】 or, either ... or ...
  • 尚又 【なおまた】 besides, moreover, furthermore, further, in addition (to that)
  • 猫又 【ねこまた】 nekomata, fork-tailed cat yōkai, giant beast that inhabits the mountains

Readings

Japanese names:
やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • otra vez
  • además
  • por otra parte
  • otro
  • distinto

Portuguese

  • ou outra vez
  • além disso
  • na outra mão

French

  • ou encore
  • de plus
  • d'un autre côté
1835 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1460 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1851 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1119 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
13 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1593 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1700 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1762 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
264 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4158 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2108 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2853 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
703 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3115 Morohashi
3351 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
668 New Nelson (John Haig)
696 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
752 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
467 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1009 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3567 2001 Kanji
2h0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-1 SKIP code
7740.0 Four corner code
1740.0 Four corner code
1-43-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53c8 Unicode hex code