Pictograph of a monkey.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | naw | nˤu | a kind of monkey |
說文解字
《說文》：“夒，貪獸也。一曰母猴，似人。从頁，已、止、夊，其手、足。”
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)