| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 猫 | 1. Variant of 貓 |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 犬 | quǎn | 1. (formal or in compounds or Min Dong, Waxiang, dialectal Wu) dog |
| 警犬 - police dog | 苗 | miáo | 1. seedling; shoot; sprout |
| 麥苗 - wheat seedling | ||
| 蒜苗 - garlic shoot | ||
| 間jiàn苗 - to thin out seedlings | ||
| 2. shoot-like object | ||
| 火苗 - tongue of flame | ||
| 3. descendant (of a family); offspring | ||
| 獨苗 - only child | ||
| 4. symptom (of a trend) | ||
| 苗頭 - symptom of a trend; first signs | ||
| 礦苗 - outcrop | ||
| 5. young (of an animal) | ||
| 魚苗 - fry (young fish) | ||
| 6. Short for 疫苗, vaccine | ||
| 卡介苗 - Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine | ||
| 7. the Miao peoples (including Hmong, Hmu, A-Hmao, Qo Xiong, etc.) | ||
| 苗語 - Miao languages | ||
| 苗繡 - Miao embroidery | ||
| 苗 翠-花 - Miu Tsui-fa (mother of fictional martial artist Fong Sai-yuk) | ||
| 8. Simplified form of 鱙 |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 艸 | 1. grass | |
| 2. Variant of 草 | 田 | tián | 1. farmland |
| 一 塊 玉米 田 - a corn field - | ||
| 2. field (area rich in mineral reserves) | ||
| 油田 - oil field - | ||
| 3. (Cantonese) Short for 阿華田, Ovaltine | ||
| Synonyms: 華田 | ||
| 凍 田 - iced Ovaltine - | ||
| 4. (obsolete) (Alternative form 佃, 畋) to till land; to cultivate | ||
| 5. (obsolete) (Alternative form 佃, 畋, 甸) to hunt | ||
| 田 漢 - Tian Han | ||
| 6. paddy field; wet field | ||
| 7. farmland in general; field |