猿
ape
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,583 U+733F
How 猿 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
犭 (semantic, “animal”) + 袁 (phonetic, yuán)
How to remember it
ape · Heisig RSH #1680
袁 Yuan + pack of wild dogs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 袁
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 袁 (yuán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 袁 sound component | yuán | robe; surname |
| 辕 | yuán | axle; magistrate's office; surname |
Words containing 猿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心猿意马 | xīn yuán yì mǎ | lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (der… |
| 南方古猿 | Nán fāng Gǔ yuán | Australopithecus |
| 北京猿人 | Běi jīng yuán rén | Peking ape-man; Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zho… |
| 无尾猿 | wú wěi yuán | ape |
| 黑冠长臂猿 | hēi guān cháng bì yuán | black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) |
| 类人猿 | lèi rén yuán | hominid |
| 人猿 | rén yuán | anthropoid ape |
| 猿人 | yuán rén | apeman |
| 程序猿 | chéng xù yuán | (Internet slang) code monkey |
| 长臂猿 | cháng bì yuán | gibbon; Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family) |
| 笼鸟槛猿 | lóng niǎo jiàn yuán | bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner |
| 猿臂 | yuán bì | arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous |
| 猿猴 | yuán hóu | apes and monkeys |
| 猿玃 | yuán jué | legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls |
| 玃猿 | jué yuán | legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls |