maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune
trad. 招財貓
Also written 招財貓【zhāo cái māo】
Characters in this word
3招
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to recruit, to provoke, to beckon, to incur, to infect, contagious, a move (chess), a maneuver, device, trick, to confess
- Pinyin
- zhāo
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 6697 of 2500
财
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money, wealth, riches, property, valuables
- Pinyin
- cái
- Traditional
- 財
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 26346 of 2500
猫
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cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]), (dialect) to hide oneself, (loanword) (coll.) modem
- Pinyin
- māo
- Traditional
- 貓
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 1471 of 2500