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orangutan

HSK 7
Nature →Animals →Mammals
xīng
ショウ、セイ、ソウ
しょうじょう
성
Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 星 represents the sound.
Components
犭 dog (side)+ 星 star =
猩 orangutan
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog (side)
dog
犭 is a component form of 犬.
星 Phonetic component
xīng star
a star, planet
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Notes
Similar Characters
犯 criminal犰 armadillo犴 a wild dog犷 rude (simp)犸 mammoth (simp)犹 similar (simp)狁 a tribe of狂 crazy狃 to covet狄 tribe from northern china狈 animal (simp)狉 fox-cub狍 species狎 be familiar with狐 fox狒 baboon狗 dog狙 an ape狞 ferocious appearance (simp)狠 ruthless
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
猩
Regular
Modern
Chinese
猩 [xīng]
ape
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
猩猩 [xīng​xing] #9,091
orangutan
大猩猩 [dà​xīng​xing] #10,567
gorilla
黑猩猩 [hēi​xīng​xing] #13,786
common chimpanzee
猩红 [xīng​hóng] #49,279
scarlet
猩红 [xīng​hóng] #49,279
scarlet
猩红热 [xīng​hóng​rè] #43,835
scarlet fever
猩红热 [xīng​hóng​rè] #43,835
scarlet fever
倭黑猩猩 [wō​hēi​xīng​xing]
bonobo
猩红色 [xīng​hóng​sè]
scarlet (color)
猩红色 [xīng​hóng​sè]
scarlet (color)
JAPANESE WORDS (12)
猩々 [しょうじょう] #66,148
orangutan
猩紅熱 [しょうこうねつ] #99,412
scarlet fever
猩々緋 [しょうじょうひ] #107,953
scarlet
黒猩々 [くろしょうじょう] #222,216
chimpanzee
猩々紅冠鳥 [しょうじょうこうかんちょう] #311,862
northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
猩々袴 [しょうじょうばかま] #316,570
Oriental swamp pink (Heloniopsis orientalis)
大猩々 [おおしょうじょう]
gorilla
猩猩朱鷺 [しょうじょうとき]
scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
猩猩蝦 [しょうじょうえび]
kangaroo shrimp (Glyphus marsupialis)
猩猩蠅 [しょうじょうばえ]
fruit fly (any insect of family Drosophilidae)
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