U+732B "猫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
猫
U+732B "猫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of a cat, specifically the domestic feline. It is composed of two radical components: the left side is the animal radical "犭" which hints at a beast or mammal, and the right side is "苗" which originally contributed to the pronunciation and meaning. In modern usage, this character is common in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts, appearing in words for "cat" such as Mandarin "māo," Japanese "neko," and Korean "myo." Beyond its literal meaning, it frequently appears in idioms, cultural references, and even as a symbol in digital communication, reflecting the cat's widespread cultural significance across East Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+732B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 猫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 猫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x8C 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x732B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000732B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u732b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 22574F |
| kCNS1986 | E-3D2B |
| kCNS1992 | 3-3D2B |
| kCangjie | KHTW |
| kCantonese | maau1 |
| kCihaiT | 878.101 |
| kCowles | 2592 2594 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1127.010 |
| kDefinition | cat |
| kEACC | 22574F |
| kFanqie | 武瀌 |
| kFennIndex | 331.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4426.0 |
| kGB0 | 3508 |
| kGB1 | 3508 |
| kHangul | 묘:0N |
| kHanYu | 21352.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | māo(62) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21352.010:māo,miáo,máo |
| kIICore | AGJKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1127.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21352.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0714.270 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4328 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FE53 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-472D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DBCC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-595E |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-3D2B |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8D78 |
| kJapanese | ビョウ ミョウ ボウ ねこ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2367 |
| kJapaneseKun | NEKO |
| kJapaneseOn | BYOU BOU MYOU |
| kJis0 | 3913 |
| kKangXi | 0714.270 |
| kKarlgren | 620 |
| kKorean | MYO |
| kLau | 2070 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3728 |
| kMandarin | māo |
| kMatthews | 4366 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1755 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ017009 MJ017009:E0101 MJ017010:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 20535:E0102 |
| kNelson | 2893 |
| kPhonetic | 908 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3299+94.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 94.9 |
| kSBGY | 150.14 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+8C93<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "猫" U+732B CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3728 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 244.040:māo |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "猫" U+732B CJK Unified Ideograph-# "貓" U+8C93 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKP |
| kXHC1983 | 0766.010:māo 0768.060:máo |