猴 — Chinese character
猴
hóu
monkey, ape; like a monkey
- Pinyin
- hóu
- Radical
- 94 ⽝ (Dog)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 犭 侯
- Formation
- pictophonetic — animal; meaning component 犭; sound component 侯
- Japanese
- 猴 as a kanji
Common words with 猴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猴子 | hóu zi | monkey; 只 (zhī) |
| 猕猴桃 (獼猴桃) | mí hóu táo | kiwi fruit; Chinese gooseberry |
| 猿猴 | yuán hóu | apes and monkeys |
| 杀鸡儆猴 (殺雞儆猴) | shā jī jǐng hóu | (lit.) to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); (fig.) to punish an individual as an example to others |
| 猕猴 (獼猴) | mí hóu | macaque |
| 狐猴 | hú hóu | lemur |
| 金丝猴 (金絲猴) | jīn sī hóu | golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) |
| 猴急 | hóu jí | impatient; to be in a rush (to do sth) |
| 耍猴 | shuǎ hóu | to get a monkey to perform tricks; to put on a monkey show |
| 卷尾猴 | juǎn wěi hóu | white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus) |
| 猴年马月 (猴年馬月) | hóu nián mǎ yuè | long time off; time that will never come |
| 猴拳 | hóu quán | Hou Quan - "Monkey Fist" - Martial Art |
English words written with 猴
猴 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.