喵 meaning and stroke order
A cat's meow
How to write 喵, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 喵
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (onom.) meow
- cat's mewing
How 喵 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 苗 hints at the sound.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 喵
喵 combines 口 (mouth) with 苗 (miáo), which gives the sound. Picture a cat opening its mouth 口 beside a patch of sprouts 苗 and saying "miāo".
喵 is an onomatopoeia for a cat's meow, often written twice as 喵喵. It is also used playfully online at the end of sentences to sound cute. Example: 小猫喵喵叫。(Xiǎo māo miāo miāo jiào.) The kitten is meowing.
Common mistake: Learners often write 苗 alone or confuse 喵 with 描 (miáo, to trace), which has the hand radical 扌 instead of 口. Also note the tone: 喵 is first tone miāo, while 苗 and 描 are second tone miáo.
Questions about 喵
How many strokes are in 喵?
喵 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 喵 mean?
喵 (miāo) means a cat's meow.
How do you pronounce 喵?
喵 is pronounced miāo, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 喵?
The radical of 喵 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 喵 under this radical.
Is 喵 the same as the word for cat?
No. The word for cat is 猫 (māo). 喵 only imitates the sound a cat makes, though people sometimes jokingly call a cat 喵星人 (miāo xīng rén), "meow planet person".
Why do people add 喵 to the end of messages?
In internet slang, adding 喵 makes a sentence sound cute or catlike, similar to ending with "nya" in Japanese style. For example, 好的喵 (hǎo de miāo) means "okay, meow". It is casual and used among friends.