猴

monkey; CL:隻|只[zhi1]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

犭 (semantic, “animal”) + 侯 (phonetic, hóu)

components: 犭侯

monkey · Heisig RSH #2637

pack of wild dogs + 侯 marquis

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 侯

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 侯 (hóu) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
侯 sound component	hóu	marquis, lord; target in archery
喉	hóu	throat, larynx, gullet; guttural
瘊	hóu	pimple, wart
篌	hóu	ancient Chinese harp
缑	gōu	a tassel on a sword hilt; surname
堠	hòu	battlement, rampart
糇	hóu	dried rice; dry rations

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
山中无老虎，猴子称大王	shān zhōng wú lǎo hǔ , hóu zi chēng dà wáng	in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom); (depending on the source, th…
猴年马月	hóu nián mǎ yuè	long time off; time that will never come
水猴子	shuǐ hóu zi	mythical monster that preys on swimmers
猴面包树	hóu miàn bāo shù	African baobab; monkey-bread tree (Adansonia digitata)
猴儿精	hóu r jīng	(dialect) shrewd; clever
金丝猴	jīn sī hóu	golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
眼镜猴	yǎn jìng hóu	tarsier monkey
知了猴	zhī liǎo hóu	(coll.) newly-emerged cicada nymph
猴子	hóu zi	monkey; CL:隻\|只[zhi1]
猴儿	hóu ér	little devil
猴儿	hóu r	monkey
杀鸡给猴看	shā jī gěi hóu kàn	lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment)…
长鼻猴	cháng bí hóu	proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey
卷尾猴	juǎn wěi hóu	white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
猴年	hóu nián	Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
猴王	Hóu wáng	Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to th…
猴米	hóu mǐ	(slang) (loanword) homie
猴精	hóu jīng	(coll.) clever; shrewd
猴子偷桃	hóu zi tōu táo	"monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizin…
猴皮筋	hóu pí jīn	(coll.) rubber band