猫 māo cat
Made up of [犭 quǎn dog radical 94, 艹 cǎo grass; herb radical 140, 田 tián field radical 102]A measure word to use for this noun: 只 zhī
Alternative traditional form of character: 貓
Made with 11 strokes.
The original cat radical has been changed to a general animal (as dog), the cat catches mice that eat grain in the field which explains the grass and field symbols
Ancient small seal form 
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Also uses 犭 quǎn component: 独 dú (alone) 狗 gǒu (dog) ; 狮 shī (lion) ; 猪 zhū (hog)
Also uses 艹 cǎo component: 菜 cài (vegetable) 草 cǎo (grass) ; 茶 chá (tea) ; 懂 dǒng (to understand) ; 花 huā (flower) ; 节 jié (joint) ; 苦 kǔ (bitter) ; 蓝 lán (blue) ; 劳 láo (to toil) ; 满 mǎn (to fill) ; 蒙 měng (Mongol) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 苹 píng (apple) ; 葡 pú (grape) ; 前 qián (front) ; 若 ruò (to seem) ; 苏 sū (revive) ; 萄 táo (grapes) ; 药 yào (medicine) ; 艺 yì (skill) ; 英 yīng (flower) ; 藏 zàng (treasury) ; 蒸 zhēng (to steam)
Also uses 田 tián component: 畜 chù (livestock) 戴 dài (to respect) ; 电 diàn (electric) ; 富 fù (rich) ; 福 fú (good fortune) ; 画 huà (to draw) ; 黄 huáng (yellow) ; 甲 jiǎ (first in list) ; 疆 jiāng (border) ; 累 lèi (tired) ; 雷 léi (thunder) ; 里 lǐ (inside) ; 亩 mǔ (area) ; 男 nán (male) ; 申 shēn (to extend) ; 思 sī (to think) ; 由 yóu (to follow)
Different tone
毛 máo (hair) ; 矛 máo (spear) ; 冒 mào (to emit) ; 帽 mào (hat)Pronunciation
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