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猿
yuán
1. ape
Common • Top 11% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

猿
yuán
ape
13 丶

Compound Words (12)

人猿
rényuán
orangutan
猿人
yuánrén
apeman
猿猴
yuánhóu
apes and monkeys
猿玃
yuánjué
legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls
玃猿
juéyuán
legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls
长臂猿
chángbìyuán
gibbon
类人猿
lèirényuán
hominid
无尾猿
wúwěiyuán
ape
北京猿人
Běijīngyuánrén
Peking ape-man
心猿意马
xīnyuányìmǎ
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.)
笼鸟槛猿
lóngniǎojiànyuán
bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
黑冠长臂猿
hēiguānchángbìyuán
black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)

Alternate Entries

猿
yuán
variant of [[猿<yuán>]]
猿
yuán
variant of [[猿<yuán>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,311
Word Frequency Rank
9,517 of 84,292

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