猕
mí

macacus monkey

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 弥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獼.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

弥
弥 Sound component
mí extensive

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

獼 macacus monkey Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmnel
Unicodemiɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang