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猿

猿

See also: 猨

Translingual

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (袁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
薳 *ɢʷalʔ
袁 *ɢʷan
園 *ɢʷan
轅 *ɢʷan
猿 *ɢʷan
榬 *ɢʷan
溒 *ɢʷan
遠 *ɢʷanʔ, *ɢʷans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷan) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 袁 ‎(OC *ɢʷan).

Han character

猿 (radical 94 犬+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大竹土口女 (KHGRV), four-corner 44232, composition ⿰犭袁)

References

  • KangXi: page 716, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20584
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1128, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1361, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+733F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 猿

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 猿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 雨元切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣiuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦuan/
Li
Rong		 /ɣiuɐn/
Wang
Li		 /ɣĭwɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yuán
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 猿
Reading # 1/1
No. 16223
Phonetic
component		 袁
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 袁
Old
Chinese		 /*ɢʷan/
Notes 俗猨字見山海經

Noun

猿

  1. an ape

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

猿

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. monkey

Readings

Compounds

  • 猿臂

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
猿
さる
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

猿 ‎(hiragana さる, katakana サル, romaji saru)

  1. a monkey
    • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 10 (back))
      猕猴 二字合訓佐流

Derived terms

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as サル.

Noun

Kanji in this term
猿
まし
Grade: S
kun'yomi

猿 ‎(hiragana まし, romaji mashi)

  1. (archaic) a monkey

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
猿
ましら
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

猿 ‎(hiragana ましら, romaji mashira)

  1. (archaic) a monkey

References

  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 978-4-7629-3099-7, published 1979.

Korean

Hanja

猿 • ‎(won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune-Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

猿 (viên, vượn, ươi)

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Readings

  • Nôm: viên, vượn

References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville

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