猿

See also 猨

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 犭 + phonetic 袁

Han character

猿 (radical 94 犬+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大竹土口女 (KHGRV), four-corner 4423₂, composition ⿰犭袁)

1. ape, monkey

References

• KangXi: page 716, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20584
• Dae Jaweon: page 1128, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1361, character 15
• Unihan data for U+733F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

猿 (Yale yun4)

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Japanese

Noun

猿 (hiragana さる, romaji saru)

1. monkey
   • 1079: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 10 (back))

     猕猴 二字合訓佐流

Derived terms

• 猿も木から落ちる (さるもきからおちる, saru mo ki kara ochiru)

Noun

猿 (hiragana まし, romaji mashi)

1. monkey

Noun

猿 (hiragana ましら, romaji mashira)

1. monkey

Kanji

猿 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: えん (en), おん (on)
• Kun: さる (saru)

Compounds

• 猿臂

References

• 1979 [1079], Hiroshi Tsukishima, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 4-7629-3099-7:

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Korean

Hanja

猿 (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune-Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

猿 (pinyin yuán (yuan2), Wade-Giles yüan²)

Compounds

• 猿猴
• 猿人

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Vietnamese

Han character

猿 (viên, vượn, ươi)

Readings

• Nôm: viên, vượn

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville