僧帽猴
sēng​mào​hóu

capuchin

僧 sēng, céng Buddhist priest

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 曾 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

曾
曾 Sound component
céng already

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsɯːŋ
Unicodesəng
səng

說文解字

浮屠道人也。从人曾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

帽 mào hat

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 冒 represents the sound.

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
冒
冒 SoundMeaning component
mào risk

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmawHmˤuk-s hat

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

猴 hóu monkey

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 侯 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

侯
侯 Sound component
hóu, hòu marquis

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthuwmə-gˤ(r)o monkey

說文解字

《說文》：“，夔也。从犬，矦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)