玃猿
jué​yuán

legendary ape

玃 jué a large ape found in W. China

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

animal

矍
矍 Sound component
jué look about in fright or alarm

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaɡ

說文解字

母猴也。从犬矍聲。《爾雅》云：“玃父善顧。”攫持人也。

Sources

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

猿 yuán ape

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 Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷan
Unicodehiuæn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang