Translingual

      Han character

      (radical 30 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口廿田 (RTW), four-corner 64060)

      1. Onomatopoeic reference to the mew of the cat; meow.

      References

      • KangXi: not present, would follow page 201, character 12
      • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4024
      • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 637, character 6
      • Unihan data for U+55B5

      Cantonese

      Hanzi

      (Yale miu1)


      Mandarin

      simpl. and trad.

      Hanzi

      (pinyin miāo (miao1), Wade-Giles miao1)

      Interjection

      (simplified, Pinyin miāo)

      1. Onomatopoeic reference to the mew of the cat; meow.

      Synonyms


      Vietnamese

      Han character

      (mếu, miêu)

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      Last modified on 18 August 2012, at 10:54