猩
xīng HSK7

species of orangutan

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

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

星
星 Sound component
xīng a star

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsreŋ
seːŋ
Unicodeshræng

說文解字

猩猩，犬吠聲。从犬星聲。

Sources

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