lucky cat
Waving paw figurine
A lucky cat is a figurine of a cat with one paw raised, commonly displayed in Asian businesses and homes as a charm for good fortune and prosperity.
The raised paw appears to beckon customers or wealth.
Also called a beckoning cat or by the Japanese term maneki-neko.
The restaurant had a lucky cat by the register.
- maneki-nekoJapanese lucky cat statue
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- good fortuneFavorable chance outcomes
- beckoningGesturing for approach
- JapaneseOf or from Nippon
ceramic · gold · paw · waving · shop · charm · talisman · prosperity · figurine · storefront · shop window · coins · whiskers · calico · porcelain · feng shui · bell · money
- lucky charmsrabbit foot, four leaf clover, shamrock, horseshoe, four-leaf clover
- cat cultureenamel pins, Bastet
- decorative animalsduck decoy, lawn flamingo, wooden duck, foo dog
- East Asian Culturechopsticks, yin and yang, tea ceremony, origami, qi
- Asian decorbamboo furniture, bonsai, Chinese lanterns, Japanese lanterns, paper lanterns
- cat artmaneki-neko
lucky catcursed object
Item bearing supernatural malice
bad omen · evil eye · jinx · broken mirror · ill omen
lucky catfour-leaf clover
Rare fortunate plant variant
horseshoe · rabbit's foot · dreamcatcher · hamsa hand · leprechaun
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