猱

猱 U+7331, 猱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7331 ← 猰 [U+7330] CJK Unified Ideographs 猲 → [U+7332]

Translingual

Han character

猱 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓竹木 (KHNHD), four-corner 4729₄, composition ⿰犭柔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 715, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20544
• Dae Jaweon: page 1127, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1361, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7331

Chinese

trad.		猱
simp. #		猱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
堥	*muː, *mu
蓩	*muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱	*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅	*mruː
罞	*mruː, *muːŋ
蝥	*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜	*mruː
瞀	*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗	*moːɡs
袤	*mus
雺	*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋	*mus
楙	*mus
矛	*mu
蟊	*mu
髳	*mu, *muːŋ
鍪	*mu
鞪	*mu, *moːɡ
糅	*ml'us
腬	*ml'us, *mlju
柔	*mlju
揉	*mju
蹂	*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒	*mju
騥	*mju
蝚	*mju
葇	*mju, *mjuʔ
鞣	*mju, *mjus
鰇	*mju
瑈	*mju
鶔	*mju
楺	*mjuʔ
煣	*mjuʔ, *mjus
輮	*mjuʔ, *mjus
韖	*mjuʔ
敄	*moʔ, *mos
務	*moɡs
鶩	*moɡs, *moːɡ
騖	*moɡs
婺	*moɡs
霚	*moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍	*moɡs
霧	*moɡs, *moːŋ
霿	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘	*moːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): náo (nao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁴ / nou⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lô / jiû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: náo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: náo
    • Wade–Giles: nao²
    • Yale: náu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nau
    • Palladius: нао (nao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: naau⁴ / nou⁴
    • Yale: nàauh / nòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁴ / nou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nao⁴ / nou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːu̯²¹/, /nou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô / jiû
    • Tâi-lô: lô / jiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: looi, jiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴/, /d͡ziu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴/, /d͡ziu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/, /d͡ziu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴/, /d͡ziu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/, /ziu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: naw, nrjuwH

Rime
Character	猱	猱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	奴刀切	女救切
Baxter	naw	nrjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nɑu/	/ɳɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/nɑu/	/ɳiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/nɑu/	/niəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/naw/	/ɳuwH/
Li Rong	/nɑu/	/niuH/
Wang Li	/nɑu/	/nĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/nɑu/	/ni̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	náo	niù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nou4	nau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ml'uː/, /*mljiwʔ/, /*ml'us/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	猱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	náo
Middle Chinese	‹ naw ›
Old Chinese	/*nˁu/
English	a kind of 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	猱	猱	猱
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8802	8807	8824
Phonetic component	矛	矛	矛
Rime group	幽	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	猱	擾	糅
Old Chinese	/*ml'uː/	/*mljiwʔ/	/*ml'us/
Notes		本豸旁註此異體， 實同字分化

Definitions

猱

1. macaque

   alt. forms: 夒 (náo), 獿, 獶

2. brisk; quick
3. a technique for playing the guqin
4. Used in 猱雜／猱杂.

Synonyms

• (macaque):
  • 獼猴／猕猴 (míhóu)

Compounds

• 吟猱
• 教猱升木
• 猱兒／猱儿
• 猱雜／猱杂
• 蠼猱

 

Japanese

Kanji

猱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. monkey with yellow hair

Readings

• On (unclassified): どう (dō); のう (nō); じゅう (jū); にゅう (nyū)
• Kun: さる (saru)

Korean

Hanja

猱 • (no) (hangeul 노)

1. monkey