Entry
  1. Noun

    pet cat

    「ねこまっしぐら」というのは、飼い猫がエサに向かってまいしんする様子を表している。
    The phrase "make a bee line for" expresses the look of how a bee heads straight for food with speed and energy.

Also written 飼猫【かいねこ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

domesticate, raise, keep, feed

Kun
か.う
On
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1392 of 2500
Radical
eat
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

かい

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-8-5SKIP code
8b5.4The Kanji Dictionary
8772.0Four corner code
2849deroo
98fcUnicode hex code
1-27-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5163Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6685New Nelson (John Haig)
1716New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2149Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1128Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1529Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1866Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2010Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1432A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1156Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44107PMorohashi
1322A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1762Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1892Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1904Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
722henshall3
777Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1348Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1905Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1884Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
si4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cat

Kun
ねこ
On
ビョウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1702 of 2500
Radical
dog
WaniKani
Level 15

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3g8.5The Kanji Dictionary
4426.0Four corner code
2976deroo
732bUnicode hex code
1-39-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2893Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3586New Nelson (John Haig)
535New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
651Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
391Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
488Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
244Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
259Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1763A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1304Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
20535XMorohashi
1742A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1470Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1567Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
730Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1461Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1410Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1304Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
250Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mao1, mao2Pinyin reading
myoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15WaniKani level