Chinese Printables Formerly Mandarin Poster
11 strokes16 strokes
Character #701 · The First 1000

māo

cat

cat

Strokes
1116
TraditionalSimplified
貓 猫
Poster cell
A26
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • xióngmāo panda
  • xiǎomāo kitten
  • māomī kitty
  • yěmāo wildcat
  • shānmāo lynx
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 猫貓

Write 猫貓 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, māo, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell A26 · 28 × 36 grid

猫貓 is #701 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 猫 mean in English?
猫 (māo) means "cat": cat.
How do you pronounce 猫?
猫 is pronounced māo in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄇㄠ.
How many strokes does 猫 have?
The simplified form, 猫, has 11 strokes. The traditional form, 貓, has 16.
What is the traditional form of 猫?
The traditional form of 猫 is 貓. 猫 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 貓 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 猫?
Common words that use 猫 include 熊猫 (xióngmāo, panda), 小猫 (xiǎomāo, kitten), 猫咪 (māomī, kitty), 野猫 (yěmāo, wildcat).
How common is 猫?
猫 is number 701 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell A26 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.