The Kanji Archive: Cats & Bears |
The Kanji Archive: Cats & Bears |
Here are those kanji masquerading as cats!
| The Kanji in Question | meaning / readings | Combos and related words |
| 猫 | Readings: びょう byou, ねこ
neko Meaning: Cat |
猫舌 neko
jita - A sensitive tongue to heat 猫背 neko ze - stooping, stooping over (like a cat) |
| 描 | Readings: びょう byou,
えが＋く ega-ku, か＋く ka-ku Meaning: To draw, to picture, to describe |
描写 byou sha - a description, to describe |
| 苗 | Readings: びょう byou,
なえ nae, なわ nawa Meaning: a seedling; a young plant, tree |
苗代 nawa shiro - a nursery;
a bed for rice seedlings 苗木 nae gi - a young tree |
Have a look at the bear's cousins...
| The Kanji in Question | meaning / readings | Combos and related words |
| 熊 | Readings: くま kuma Meaning: Bear |
洗熊 arai guma
- raccoon (lit. washing bear - because
this animal washes his paws) 熊のプーさん kuma no pu-san - Winnie the Pooh 白熊 shiro kuma - Polar Bear |
| 能 | Readings: のう nou Meaning: ability; the Noh (play) |
可能 kanou
- possible 不可能 fukanou - impossible 性能 seinou - ability; efficiency |
| 態 | Readings: たい tai Meaning: appearance; state of affairs |
態度 taido - attitude |
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By
Clay & Yumi Boutwell
Last updated:
Friday, March 17, 2000
