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<WL>猫(F貓) [māo] cat; 熊猫 panda; 猫头鹰 owl  [máo] 猫腰 @@[miáo]
<WL>猫(F貓) [māo] cat; 猫科 feline; 熊猫 panda; 猫头鹰 owl@@; (HDZ:) (动物名) (猫科) …; (姓) [miáo] 苗: 夏猎 [máo] 毛/猫腰
From 犭(豸 zhì) ‘beast’ and 苗 miáo phonetic.
The simple-form character 猫 (11 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 貓 (15 strokes), replacing the full-form component 豸 (7 strokes) with 犭 (3 strokes).
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Note: In the simple form 猫 the component 犭 (left-side combining form of 犬 quǎn ‘dog’) is used as an abbrev. of ‘feline beast’; cf. 独, 豹.
#c犭豸苗艹田
The character 猫/貓 māo ‘cat’ combines 犭/豸 (zhì) ‘sleek/mythical feline beast’, and 苗(􀉈) miáo ‘young animal (kitten)’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 苗, and in some senses also 毛.
#y maau\</WL>
Compare: 苗(􀉈) miáo ‘seedling/sprout; young plant; young animal (fry/piglet/pup/kitten/etc.)’ (HDZ).
Note: SBGY gives 猫 as the common (俗字) form of 貓 ‘rat-catching animal’, along with 虦/虥貓: 浅毛虎 ‘short-haired tiger’; cf. 毛/猫腰 ‘arch the back (like a cat)’.
Compare: 毛(􁜏) máo ‘hair/fur’; 豹(􁨄) bào ‘leopard; panther’.
Compare: 哞/牟 mōu/móu ‘moo (bovine/ox/cow call/cry)’.
Compare: 狗 gǒu ‘dog’; 犬 quǎn ‘dog’; 鼠 shǔ ‘mouse/rat’.
HDZ: 猫 : māo : (动物名) 猫/貓: (猫科) 听觉、视觉极敏锐, 善跳跃及攀援, 喜捕食鼠类, 性驯良, 人多畜以捕鼠 ; (方言) 躲藏; (姓) • miáo : 苗: 夏猎 • máo : (方言) 弯曲 (毛/猫腰)
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#c犭苗豸艹田
#y maau\
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