貓

Glyph origin
.

Ma Xulun suggested that 豸 was the original character of 貓.

Etymology 1
. Compare.

minimally reconstructs 🇨🇬 *mau, reasoning that 貓's place among division II syllables results from its onomatopoeic nature instead of an 🇨🇬 medial *-r-; onomatopoeia is also responsible for the tone instead of the expected.

Definitions

 * 1)  cat
 * 2)  to hide oneself
 * 3)  to hang around; to stay somewhere doing nothing
 * 4)  to get drunk
 * 5)  stingy; miserly
 * 6)  lecherous; lascivious
 * 7)  person with a non-positive attribute
 * 1)  lecherous; lascivious
 * 2)  person with a non-positive attribute

Descendants

 * (via Teochew)

Definitions

 * 1)  to bend

Etymology 3
Borrowed from.

Definitions

 * 1)   modem

Hanja

 * 1) cat