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猫 māo — “cat”

How to write and say the Chinese character 猫 (māo), which means cat — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Animals.

Stroke order笔顺

猫 is written with 11 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

犭 (animal) hints at the meaning, and 苗 lends its sound — together they make 猫.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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