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猿

yuán

Character

What 猿 means

1. ape

Other readings

猿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yuánvariant of {猿|yuán}
• yuánvariant of {猿|yuán}

Words starting with 猿

• 猿猴yuán hóuapes and monkeys
• 猿人yuán rénapeman
• 猿臂yuán bìarms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous
• 猿玃yuán juélegendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls

Words containing 猿

• 人猿rén yuánanthropoid ape
• 无尾猿wú wěi yuánape
• 程序猿chéng xù yuán(net slang) code monkey
• 长臂猿cháng bì yuángibbon; Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
• 类人猿lèi rén yuánhominid
• 北京猿人Běi jīng yuán rénPeking ape-man; Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店
• 南方古猿Nán fāng Gǔ yuánAustralopithecus
• 心猿意马xīn yuán yì mǎlit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom)…
• 笼鸟槛猿lóng niǎo jiàn yuánbird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
• 黑冠长臂猿hēi guān cháng bì yuánblack crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
• 玃猿jué yuánlegendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls

Characters that look like 猿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 赚zhuànto earn; to make a profit
• 赎shúto redeem; to ransom
• 腺xiàngland
• 慷kāngused in 慷慨
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…

Sounds the same

Read yuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 元currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 员(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member…
• 原former; original; primary
• 园land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 圆circle; round; circular
• 源root; source; origin
• 援to help; to assist; to aid
• 缘cause; reason; karma
• 辕shaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…
• 袁long robe (old)
• 媛used in 婵媛
• 垣wall