Chinese symbol for “ape”
猿
yuán
ape
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ape is 猿 (yuán), defined as: ape.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ape”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 猿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猿人 | yuán rén | apeman |
| 猿猴 | yuán hóu | apes and monkeys |
| 人猿 | rén yuán | anthropoid ape |
| 长臂猿 (長臂猿) | cháng bì yuán | gibbon; Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family) |
| 类人猿 (類人猿) | lèi rén yuán | hominid |
| 心猿意马 (心猿意馬) | xīn yuán yì mǎ | lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.); to have ants in one's pants |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ape”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.