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

10 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
daughter, girl
Kun:
むすめ
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1145 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 嬢 【ジョウ】 unmarried woman, Miss, -ess, -ette
  • 娘核 【ジョウカク】 daughter nucleus
  • 令娘 【レイジョウ】 your daughter, young lady
  • 中国娘 【チュウゴクジョウ】 Chinese girl

Kun reading compounds

  • 娘 【むすめ】 daughter, girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
  • 娘婿 【むすめむこ】 son-in-law
  • 一人娘 【ひとりむすめ】 only daughter
  • もらい娘 【もらいむすめ】 adopted daughter
  • 娘 【むすめ】 daughter, girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
  • ボクっ娘 【ぼくっこ】 young woman who uses the usually male first person pronoun "boku"
  • ドジっ子 【どじっこ】 clumsy girl, clumsy kid

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
niang2
Korean:
nang

Spanish

  • hija
  • chica
  • muchacha

Portuguese

  • filha
  • moça

French

  • fille
1846 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
979 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1225 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
999 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
452 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1599 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1752 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1876 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
601 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
446 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
488 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
302 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
367 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1483 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6304 Morohashi
406 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1230 New Nelson (John Haig)
1471 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1581 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1322 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1765 2001 Kanji
3e7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
4743.2 Four corner code
4343.2 Four corner code
1-44-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a18 Unicode hex code