懂中文 Dong Chinese

猴

hóu

monkey

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

Components
犭 meaning component

犭  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

侯 sound component

侯  Sound component

hóu

  

marquis

Evolution

猴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
猴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

猴  

hóu

monkey, ape; monkey-like; monkey; CL:隻|只[zhī]

Most common words with 猴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

猴子

monkey

猴

monkey

猕猴桃

kiwi fruit

猕猴

macaque

猿猴

apes and monkeys