U+7334, 猴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7334

[U+7333]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7335]

Translingual

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Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡoː) : semantic + phonetic (OC *ɡoː).

Etymology

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The first syllable in 母猴 (OC *mɯʔ ɡoː, “macaque”) and 沐猴 (OC *moːɡ ɡoː, “macaque”) may perhaps be an old pre-initial (Unger, 1985).

Compare Proto-Lolo-Burmese *myukᴸ (monkey), which derives from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m(j/r)uk (monkey) (Pinault et al., 1997, STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • hiô/hô͘ - literary;
  • kâu - vernacular.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
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 (Hokkien) /hɔ³⁵/
/kau³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kau⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ke²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /kau⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hɔu³¹/
/kau³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter huw
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ huw ›
Old
Chinese
/*mə-ɡˁ(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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5141
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡoː/

Definitions

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  1. monkey; ape
  2. naughty child
  3. (Southern Min) male paramour
    [Hokkien]  ―  lia̍h-kâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to catch an adulterer
  4. (dialectal) to lean on someone; to pester someone
  5. (dialectal) to squat like a monkey
  6. (dialectal) naughty; clever
  7. (Southern Min) skinny and dark-skinned; ugly as a monkey
  8. a surname

Synonyms

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  • (monkey):
  • (male paramour):

Compounds

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See also

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. monkey

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (hu))

  1. monkey, macaque

Derived terms

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: hầu

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