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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- hou2
- English meanings
- monkey, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 犭; right 侯.
Meaning & sound clues
犭 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “animal”.
侯 is identified as the sound component (hóu). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 猴.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
wait; time
fat
rear
to roar
throat; larynx
after; behind
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