Cat's Face
See also Tiger shape.
Nico: I am sorry, but I cannot see the difference with the Tiger shape and thus why it deserves a page on its own. Could someone please enlighten me?
Charles Cat -> dog's head -> horse head. Anyone know the next step? It was mentioned once in Go World.
Actually I'm pretty sure these are the Japanese terms. 'Tiger' is a Chinese term, also used in Korea (I think). I'm never sure whether the tiger is a synonym for hanging connection; which is different from this.
Another closely related term is bulge.
unkx80: Actually I cannot differentiate between tiger's mouth and hanging connection, to me both of them are 虎 or 虎口. =P
GijsD: I once heard the next step beyond horse head being called 'Nessie' after the legendary Loch Ness Monster.
Charles Correct. Nessie was a popular cartoon character on Japanese TV at the time, it seems.
browncow I have heard the next step as a giraffe's head in the book "Go Proverbs".
Charles Is that Proverbs - the book, i.e. the translation from a Nihon Ki-in book? It wouldn't be the David Mitchell book. Well, that would be interesting to verify. I think people should be free to say giraffe, too.