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monkey

HSK 5
Nature →Animals →Mammals
hóu
コウ
さる
후
Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 侯 represents the sound.
Components
犭 dog (side)+ 侯 marquis =
猴 monkey
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog (side)
dog
犭 is a component form of 犬.
侯 Phonetic component
hóu marquis
marquis, lord
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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)
猴
Regular
Modern
Chinese
猴 [hóu]
monkey; CL:隻|只[zhī]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (56)
猴子 [hóu​zi] #2,620
monkey
猕猴桃 [mí​hóu​táo] #29,180
kiwi fruit
猕猴桃 [mí​hóu​táo] #29,180
kiwi fruit
猕猴 [mí​hóu] #45,467
macaque
猕猴 [mí​hóu] #45,467
macaque
猿猴 [yuán​hóu] #31,607
apes and monkeys
金丝猴 [jīn​sī​hóu] #33,996
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
金丝猴 [jīn​sī​hóu] #33,996
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
耍猴 [shuǎ​hóu] #39,836
to get a monkey to perform tricks
猴年 [hóu​nián] #32,790
Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
46 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
猿猴 [えんこう] #131,024
monkey (esp. a gibbon)
沐猴 [もっこう] #269,124
monkey
沐猴にして冠す [もっこうにしてかんす] #280,555
to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it)
猿猴捉月 [えんこうそくげつ] #295,770
trying to reach above one's station and failing
猿猴が月を取る [えんこうがつきをとる]
to try and reach above one's station and fail
猿猴月を取る [えんこうつきをとる]
to try and reach above one's station and fail
猿猴鶏頭 [えんこうげいとう]
love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)
金糸猴 [きんしこう]
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)