哈基米
Hachimi (a cute cat)
哈基米！Kitty!
哈基米 is a cute name for a cat. It comes from a Japanese anime song about honey and spread through remixed cat videos on Bilibili.
- Took off
- 2023
- Started in
- An anime
- Today
- Current
What it means
The sound comes from hachimī, a playful Japanese word for honey. In Chinese it is just three characters for the sound. Calling a cat 哈基米 is like calling it “sweetie”, and it works for other cute pets too.
How people use it
It is common among young people for cats, and many cat owners use it as a pet name.
快看我刚拍的！
Look at the photo I just took!我家哈基米在晒太阳
My hachimi is sunbathing.好可爱！它叫什么名字？
So cute! What’s its name?就叫哈基米
It’s literally called Hachimi.
More examples
我家的猫又在卖萌，真是个哈基米。
My cat is being cute again. A real hachimi.
你看这只哈基米，睡得多香。
Look at this little hachimi, sleeping so soundly.
Where it came from
In the second season of the anime Uma Musume Pretty Derby, the character Tokai Teio hums a short song about a honey drink. Chinese fans began putting the song over cat videos, and remixes on Bilibili made the sound famous in 2023.
The editor of 咬文嚼字 named 哈基米 among the popular words of 2023 that the magazine was still watching, but it was not on the list. It came back in 2025 with a new wave of remixes.
The original. A scene from the anime: a cheerful character hums a song about honey. The cat remixes loop a fast version of the tune. Moegirl, a Chinese fan wiki, has an entry. Moegirl (in Chinese)
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Sources
- Moegirl (in Chinese) (zh.moegirl.org.cn)
- People’s Daily app on the 2023 list (in Chinese) (peopleapp.com)
Checked November 2026. The picture at the top is our own drawing of 灯灯. It is not the original meme image.
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