猴

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猴 U+7334, 猴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7334
← 猳
[U+7333] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 猵 →
[U+7335]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
猴-order.gif

Han character[edit]

猴 (radical 94, 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹人弓大 (KHONK), four-corner 47234, composition ⿰犭侯)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 715, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20553
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1127, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1358, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+7334

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 猴

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (侯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
緱 *koː, *koː
侯 *ɡoː
喉 *ɡoː
猴 *ɡoː
瘊 *ɡoː
篌 *ɡoː
糇 *ɡoː
帿 *ɡoː
睺 *ɡoː, *ɡoːs
餱 *ɡoː
翭 *ɡoː
葔 *ɡoː
鄇 *ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鍭 *ɡoː, *ɡoːs
鯸 *ɡoː
候 *ɡoːs
堠 *ɡoːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡoː): semantic 犭 + phonetic 侯 (OC *ɡoː).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • hiô/hô͘ - literary;
  • kâu - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Dialectal data▼
    Variety Location 猴
    Mandarin Beijing /xou³⁵/
    Harbin /xou²⁴/
    Tianjin /xou⁴⁵/
    Jinan /xou⁴²/
    Qingdao /xou⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /xou⁴²/
    Xi'an /xou²⁴/
    Xining /xɯ²⁴/
    Yinchuan /xəu⁵³/
    Lanzhou /xou⁵³/
    Ürümqi /xɤu⁵¹/
    Wuhan /xəu²¹³/
    Chengdu /xəu³¹/
    Guiyang /xəu²¹/
    Kunming /xəu³¹/
    Nanjing /xəɯ²⁴/
    Hefei /xɯ⁵⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /xəu¹¹/
    Pingyao /xəu¹³/
    Hohhot /xəu³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /ɦɤ²³/
    Suzhou /ɦɤ¹³/
    Hangzhou /ɦui²¹³/
    Wenzhou /ɦou³¹/
    Hui Shexian /xiu⁴⁴/
    Tunxi /siu⁴⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /xəu¹³/
    Xiangtan /ɦəɯ¹²/
    Gan Nanchang /hɛu²⁴/
    Hakka Meixian /heu¹¹/
    Taoyuan /heu¹¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /hɐu²¹/
    Nanning /hɐu²¹/
    Hong Kong /hɐu²¹/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hɔ³⁵/
    /kau³⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kau⁵³/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ke²¹/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /kau⁵⁵/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /hɔu³¹/
    /kau³¹/
    Rime
    Character 猴
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 侯 (137)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 戸鉤切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɦəu/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɦəu/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɣəu/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɦəw/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɣu/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɣəu/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ɣə̯u/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		hóu
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 猴
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		hóu
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ huw ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mə-ɡˤ(r)o/
    English monkey

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 猴
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 5141
    Phonetic
    component         		侯
    Rime
    group         		侯
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡoː/

    Definitions[edit]

    猴

    1. monkey; ape
    2. naughty child
    3. (Min Nan) male paramour
    4. (dialectal) to lean on someone; to pester someone
    5. (dialectal) to squat like a monkey
    6. (dialectal) naughty; clever
    7. (Min Nan) skinny and dark-skinned; ugly as a monkey
    8. A surname​.

    Synonyms[edit]

    • (monkey):
    Dialectal synonyms of 猴子 (“monkey”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 猴
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 猴子
    Mandarin Beijing 猴子、猴兒
    Taiwan 猴子
    Jinan 猴子、猴兒、猴三兒
    Xi'an 猴
    Wuhan 猴子
    Chengdu 猴子、猴、猴猻兒
    Yangzhou 猴子
    Hefei 猴子
    Cantonese Guangzhou 馬騮
    Hong Kong 馬騮
    Taishan 馬騮
    Yangjiang 馬騮
    Gan Nanchang 猴子
    Hakka Meixian 猴哥
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 猴哥、猴仔
    Liudui (S. Sixian) 猴哥、猴仔
    Hsinchu (Hailu) 猴哥、猴仔
    Dongshi (Dabu) 猴哥、猴
    Zhuolan (Raoping) 猴哥、猴仔、猴
    Yunlin (Zhao'an) 猴
    Jin Taiyuan 毛猴
    Min Bei Jian'ou 猴屄
    Min Dong Fuzhou 猴、猴囝
    Min Nan Xiamen 猴、猴仔
    Quanzhou 猴
    Zhangzhou 猴
    Taipei 猴、猴山仔
    Kaohsiung 猴、猴山仔
    Tainan 猴、猴山仔
    Taichung 猴、猴山仔
    Hsinchu 猴、猴山仔
    Lukang 猴山仔、猴仔
    Sanxia 猴、猴山
    Yilan 猴、猴山仔
    Kinmen 猴
    Magong 猴
    Penang 猴、老猴
    Philippines (Manila) 猴
    Chaozhou 猴
    Wu Shanghai 活猻
    Suzhou 猢猻
    Wenzhou 猴大
    Xiang Changsha 猴子
    Shuangfeng 猴子、猴猻

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    猴

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. monkey

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    猴 • (hu) (hangeul 후)

    1. monkey, macaque

    Derived terms[edit]

    Derived terms

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    猴 (hầu)

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