抓猴 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhuāhóu

catch an adulterer

zhuā scratch

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 瓜 represents the sound.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

zhǎo, zhuǎ hand, claw

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsraew	[ts](ˤ)ru	grasp
	tsraewX	tsˤ<r>uʔ	grasp

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

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

侯 Sound component

hóu, hòu marquis

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	huw	mə-gˤ(r)o	monkey

《說文》：“，夔也。从犬，矦聲。”