猫
=
犭
+
苗
:
Mahatma Gandhi (m) set up a very nice field of sprouts (苗) in front of the aorta (ao1) as a peace symbol, but it is all ruined by a dachshund (犭) and a cat (猫) who are chasing each other and destroying the sprouts.
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China / surname Miao
苗
=
艹
+
田
:
Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to grow some sprouts (苗) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). She already set up a field (田) and for frost protection, she put a few sheets of artificial lawn (艹) on the field with the young sprouts. The sprouts are peeping out the gaps between the sheets.
苗
=
艹
+
田
:
Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to grow some sprouts (苗) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). She already set up a field (田) and for frost protection, she put a few sheets of artificial lawn (艹) on the field with the young sprouts. The sprouts are peeping out the gaps between the sheets.
worm-like invertebrate / mythical animal (see 獬豸[xie4 zhi4]) / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153)
豸
=
丿
+
丶
+
亅
:
Mnemonic symbol: a bug. James II of England (zh) wakes up in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and finds that he changed into a bug overnight. Looking for food he finds a banana (丿) and starts eating it, but soon he is discovered and going to be smashed by a crowbar (亅). He can only defend himself by holding a petal leave (丶) over his head.
Characters with 貓 as component
貓
is not used as a component in another character.
lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation