猴 hóu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 侯 marquis, lord
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
猴
hóu
monkey
Character
Example phrases
- 这只猴很小。 Zhè zhī hóu hěn xiǎo. This monkey is very small.
- 猴在树上。 Hóu zài shù shàng. The monkey is in the tree.
- 那只猴很快。 Nà zhī hóu hěn kuài. That monkey is very fast.