猿猴 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

yuánhóu

apes and monkeys

yuán ape

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 袁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 猨.

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

袁 Sound component

yuán robe

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɢʷan
Unicode	hiuæn

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

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

侯 Sound component

hóu, hòu marquis

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	huw	mə-gˤ(r)o	monkey

《說文》：“，夔也。从犬，矦聲。”