夒
náo

monkey

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Feb 12, 2026, 02:05 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Feb 12, 2026, 02:05 AM

Fixed stroke order sequence. (Source: https://www.strokeorder.com/chinese/%E5%A4%92)

Changed fields: strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages

Pictograph of a monkey.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnawnˤu 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)