猿

Glyph origin
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Etymology
From.

Alternatively, the root may be ; compare 🇨🇬 ; compare also 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) ape

Kanji

 * 1) monkey

Etymology 1


From. Appears in the , completed some time after 759 CE.

Ultimate derivation possibly borrowed from.

The kanji is from. Compare 🇨🇬 from 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 from 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a monkey
 * 2)  an ape
 * 1)  an ape
 * 1)  an ape

Etymology 2
From. Appears in the , completed some time after 759 CE, used phonetically to spell the sound.

Ultimate derivation.

Noun

 * 1)  a monkey

Usage notes
This form seems to be used less often than mashira below.

Etymology 3
Derived from earlier mashi form above. Found in texts from the early 1900s, possibly earlier. Appears to be mashi + the pluralizing and genericizing suffix.

Noun

 * 1)  a monkey

Etymology 4
From.

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix

 * 1) monkey

Derived terms

 * : a monkey's elbow; someone skilled at archery
 * : an anthropoid

Etymology
From.

Readings

 * Nôm: viên, vượn