猿

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Kanji 3.2.1 Readings 3.2.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character 6.1.1 Readings 6.1.2 References

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

犬 + the sound 袁

[edit] 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

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• 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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猿 (Yale yun4)

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猿 (hiragana さる, romaji saru)

1. monkey

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猿 (common kanji)

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

[edit] Compounds

• 猿臂

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

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

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• 猿猴
• 猿人

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[edit] Vietnamese

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猿 (viên)

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• Nôm: viên, vượn

[edit] 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