猴

猴	U+7334, 猴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7334

← 猳
[U+7333]

CJK Unified Ideographs

猵 →
[U+7335]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

猴 (radical 94, 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹人弓大 (KHONK), four-corner 4723₄, composition ⿰犭侯)

References

KangXi: page 715, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20553
Dae Jaweon: page 1127, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1358, character 11
Unihan data for U+7334

Chinese

simp. and trad.		猴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (侯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
緱	koː, koː
侯	*ɡoː
喉	*ɡoː
猴	*ɡoː
瘊	*ɡoː
篌	*ɡoː
糇	*ɡoː
帿	*ɡoː
睺	ɡoː, ɡoːs
矦	*ɡoː
餱	*ɡoː
翭	*ɡoː
葔	*ɡoː
鄇	ɡoː, ɡoːs
鍭	ɡoː, ɡoːs
鯸	*ɡoː
候	*ɡoːs
堠	*ɡoːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡoː) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 侯 (OC *ɡoː).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóu (hou²)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hèu
Min Bei (KCR): gě
Min Dong (BUC): gàu / hèu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hiô / hô͘ / kâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): gao⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): hheu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ
  - Wade–Giles: hou²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hour
  - IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (猴兒／猴儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: hóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊㄦ
  - Wade–Giles: hourh²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hourl
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤʊɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁴
  - Yale: hàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: heuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu²
  - IPA: /he̯u¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gě
  - IPA ^(key): /ke²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gàu / hèu
  - IPA ^(key): /kau⁵³/, /hɛu⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiô
  - Tâi-lô: hiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘
  - Tâi-lô: hôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kâu
  - Tâi-lô: kâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaʊ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /kaʊ²⁴/

Note:

hiô/hô͘ - literary;
kâu - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kâu
  - IPA ^(key): /kau⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hheu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɦɜ²³/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 猴
Mandarin	Beijing	/xou³⁵/
	Harbin	/xou²⁴/
	Tianjin	/xou⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/xou⁴²/
	Qingdao	/xou⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/xou⁴²/
	Xi'an	/xou²⁴/
	Xining	/xɯ²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xəu⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/xou⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/xɤu⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/xəu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/xəu³¹/
	Guiyang	/xəu²¹/
	Kunming	/xəu³¹/
	Nanjing	/xəɯ²⁴/
	Hefei	/xɯ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xəu¹¹/
	Pingyao	/xəu¹³/
	Hohhot	/xəu³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦɤ²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦɤ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦui²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ɦou³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/xiu⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/siu⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/xəu¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɦəɯ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/hɛu²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/heu¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/heu¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɐu²¹/
	Nanning	/hɐu²¹/
	Hong Kong	/hɐu²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hɔ³⁵/ /kau³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kau⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ke²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kau⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hɔu³¹/ /kau³¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɦəu/▼

Rime
Character	猴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	戸鉤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəw/
Li Rong	/ɣu/
Wang Li	/ɣəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hóu

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-ɡˤ(r)o/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡoː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	猴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hóu
Middle Chinese	‹ huw ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-ɡˤ(r)o/
English	monkey
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	猴
Reading #	1/1
No.	5141
Phonetic component	侯
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡoː/

Definitions

猴

monkey; ape
naughty child
(Min Nan) male paramour
(dialectal) to lean on someone; to pester someone
(dialectal) to squat like a monkey
(dialectal) naughty; clever
(Min Nan) skinny and dark-skinned; ugly as a monkey
A surname.

Synonyms

(monkey):

Dialectal synonyms of 猴子 (“monkey”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		猴
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		猴子
Mandarin	Beijing	猴子、猴兒
	Taiwan	猴子
	Jinan	猴子、猴兒、猴三兒
	Xi'an	猴
	Wuhan	猴子
	Chengdu	猴子、猴、猴猻兒
	Yangzhou	猴子
	Hefei	猴子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	馬騮
	Hong Kong	馬騮
	Taishan	馬騮
	Yangjiang	馬騮
Gan	Nanchang	猴子
Hakka	Meixian	猴哥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	猴哥、猴仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	猴哥、猴仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	猴哥、猴仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	猴哥、猴
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	猴哥、猴仔、猴
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	猴
Jin	Taiyuan	毛猴
Min Bei	Jian'ou	猴屄
Min Dong	Fuzhou	猴、猴囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	猴、猴仔
	Quanzhou	猴
	Zhangzhou	猴
	Taipei	猴、猴山仔
	Kaohsiung	猴、猴山仔
	Tainan	猴、猴山仔
	Taichung	猴、猴山仔
	Hsinchu	猴、猴山仔
	Lukang	猴山仔、猴仔
	Sanxia	猴、猴山
	Yilan	猴、猴山仔
	Kinmen	猴
	Magong	猴
	Penang	猴、老猴
	Philippines (Manila)	猴
	Chaozhou	猴
Wu	Shanghai	活猻
	Suzhou	猢猻
	Wenzhou	猴大
Xiang	Changsha	猴子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	猴子、猴猻

Compounds

卷尾猴
反眼猴
吼猴 (hǒuhóu)
夜猴
小猴子
尖嘴猴腮
弄鬼弔猴／弄鬼吊猴
恆河猴／恒河猴 (hénghéhóu)
懶猴／懒猴
指猴
木猴而冠
棉猴兒／棉猴儿
棘猴
殺雞儆猴／杀鸡儆猴 (shājījǐnghóu)
殺雞嚇猴／杀鸡吓猴 (shājīxiàhóu)
殺雞給猴看／杀鸡给猴看 (shā jī gěi hóu kàn)
殺雞駭猴／杀鸡骇猴
沐猴 (mùhóu)
沐猴冠冕 (mùhóuguànmiǎn)
沐猴而冠 (mùhóu'érguān)
沐猴衣冠
海底猴兒／海底猴儿

潑猴／泼猴
狐猴 (húhóu)
猴兒／猴儿 (hóur)
猴兒崽子／猴儿崽子
猴兒精／猴儿精
猴子 (hóuzi)
猴子似的
猴子屁股
猴子扮戲／猴子扮戏
猴孫王／猴孙王
猴崽子
猴年馬月／猴年马月 (hóuniánmǎyuè)
猴急
猴戲／猴戏
猴拳
猴棗／猴枣 (hóuzǎo)
猴猻／猴狲 (hóusūn)
猴皮筋
猴筋兒／猴筋儿
猴頭／猴头
猴頭菇／猴头菇 (hóutóugū)

猴頭菌／猴头菌
猴類／猴类
猿猴 (yuánhóu)
猿猴取月
獅虎豹鱉猴狗象鹿／狮虎豹鳖猴狗象鹿
獮猴／狝猴
獼猴／猕猴 (míhóu)
獼猴桃／猕猴桃 (míhóutáo)
瘦皮猴
皮猴戲／皮猴戏
眼鏡猴／眼镜猴 (yǎnjìnghóu)
紅毛猴／红毛猴 (hóngmáohóu)
絹猴／绢猴
羊毛猴
耍猴兒／耍猴儿
衣冠沐猴
調猴兒／调猴儿
貓猴／猫猴
金絲猴／金丝猴
長尾猴／长尾猴
非洲綠猴／非洲绿猴

Japanese

Kanji

猴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

monkey

Readings

Goon: ぐ (gu)
Kan’on: こう (kō)
On: ご (go)
Kun: さる (saru, 猴)

Korean

Hanja

猴 • (hu) (hangeul 후)

monkey, macaque

Derived terms

- 다래 (darae)
- 등리 (藤梨, deungri) literally, vine pear

미후도 (mihudo) (獼猴桃, mihudo) kiwifruit, Chinese gooseberry, literally, macaque peach
Synonyms:
- 양도 (羊桃, yangdo) literally, goat peach

Vietnamese

Han character

猴 (hầu)

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