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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