懂中文 Dong Chinese

猩

xīng

species of orangutan

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 星 represents the sound.

Components
犭 meaning component

犭  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

星 sound component

星  Sound component

xīng

  

a star

Evolution

猩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
猩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

猩  

xīng

species of orangutan; ape

Most common words with 猩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

猩猩

orangutan

大猩猩

gorilla

猩

ape

黑猩猩

common chimpanzee

猩红

scarlet