猩
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ape
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How 猩 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
犭 (semantic, “animal”) + 星 (phonetic, xīng)
How to remember it
orangutan · Heisig RSH #2573
pack of wild dogs + 星 star
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 星
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 星 (xīng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 星 sound component | xīng | star, planet; a point of light |
| 醒 | xǐng | to wake up, to startle; to sober up |
| 腥 | xīng | fishy, rank; raw meat |
| 戥 | děng | a steelyard balance for weighing money |
Words containing 猩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猩红色 | xīng hóng sè | scarlet (color) |
| 猩红热 | xīng hóng rè | scarlet fever |
| 猩化 | xīng huà | (slang) (of a dialect) to be corrupted by Standard Mandarin |
| 猩红 | xīng hóng | scarlet |
| 大猩猩 | dà xīng xing | gorilla |
| 黑猩猩 | hēi xīng xing | common chimpanzee |
| 倭黑猩猩 | wō hēi xīng xing | bonobo; pygmy chimpanzee |
| 猩猩 | xīng xing | orangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin |