猿 yuán ape Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 袁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 猨. Components 犭 犭 Meaning component quǎn dog 犭 is a component form of 犬. 袁 袁 Sound component yuán robe Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangɢʷanUnicodehiuæn Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang