猫に小判 — Semantide dictionary

Entry

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
casting pearls before swine; (giving) a gold coin to a cat
Idiomatic expressionsee 豚に真珠
君のせっかくの名講義は猫に小判だったね。
Your wonderful lecture was pearls before swine.

Also written ネコに小判【ネコにこばん】

Characters in this word

猫

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Dictionary and index codes (29)

Code	Reference
1-3-8	SKIP code
3g8.5	The Kanji Dictionary
4426.0	Four corner code
2976	deroo
732b	Unicode hex code
1-39-13	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2893	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3586	New Nelson (John Haig)
535	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
651	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
391	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
488	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
244	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
259	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1763	A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1304	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
20535X	Morohashi
1742	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1470	Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1567	Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
730	Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1461	Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1410	Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1304	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
250	Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mao1, mao2	Pinyin reading
myo	Korean reading
n3	JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15	WaniKani level

小

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Used in names as

いさらこうさざしゃおちいさ

Dictionary and index codes (34)

Code	Reference
1-1-2	SKIP code
3n0.1	The Kanji Dictionary
9000.0	Four corner code
1141	deroo
5c0f	Unicode hex code
1-30-14	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1355	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1389	New Nelson (John Haig)
7	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
105	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
63	A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
21	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
33	Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7473	Morohashi
36	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27	Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27	Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24	sakade
46	Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
27	henshall3
15	Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
126	crowley
88	Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15	busy_people
511	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
106	Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao3	Pinyin reading
so	Korean reading
n5	JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2	WaniKani level

判

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Dictionary and index codes (33)

Code	Reference
1-5-2	SKIP code
2f5.2	The Kanji Dictionary
9250.0	Four corner code
1043	deroo
5224	Unicode hex code
1-40-29	JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
673	Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
465	New Nelson (John Haig)
1122	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1441	Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
765	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1038	Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1205	Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1289	Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
291	A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
434	Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
497	Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1923	Morohashi
769	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1026	Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1065	Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
860	sakade
354	Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
790	henshall3
673	Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
187	crowley
899	Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
187	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1213	Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pan4	Pinyin reading
pan	Korean reading
n3	JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21	WaniKani level