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

6 strokes
Radical:
tongue
Parts:
tongue, reed, clapper
Kun:
した
On:
ゼツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1830 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 舌圧子 【ゼツアツシ】 tongue depressor
  • 舌咽神経 【ゼツインシンケイ】 glossopharyngeal nerve
  • 饒舌 【ジョウゼツ】 talkativeness, garrulity, loquacity
  • 後舌 【コウゼツ】 rear part of the tongue

Kun reading compounds

  • 舌 【した】 tongue, tongue-like object, clapper (of a bell), talon (of a lock), reed (of a musical instrument)
  • 舌打ち 【したうち】 clicking one's tongue, tut-tut, smacking one's lips (with relish)
  • 貧乏舌 【びんぼうじた】 being unable to discern good food from bad, poor person's taste (in food), unsophisticated palate
  • 迎え舌 【むかえした】 sticking out one's tongue when putting food in one's mouth

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
she2
Korean:
seol

Spanish

  • lengua

Portuguese

  • língua
  • lingueta de inst. de sopro
  • lingueta de fechadura

French

  • langue
  • anche
  • battant (cloche)
827 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
755 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
732 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1711 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
878 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1688 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1259 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1331 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1288 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1591 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2711 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1384 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1871 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
43 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30277 Morohashi
2186 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4917 New Nelson (John Haig)
41 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
41 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
660 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2277 2001 Kanji
3d3.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
2-1-5 SKIP code
2060.4 Four corner code
1-32-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
820c Unicode hex code