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猩

xīng
noun #46,812

Meanings

  1. 1 orangutan; ape (in 猩猩)

Examples

HSK 3
猩猩是非常聪明的动物。
Xīngxing shì fēicháng cōngming de dòngwù.
Orangutans are very intelligent animals.
HSK 7-9
黑猩猩生活在非洲的雨林里。
Hēixīngxing shēnghuó zài Fēizhōu de yǔlín lǐ.
Chimpanzees live in the African rainforest.

Tips

usage
猩 almost always doubles up as 猩猩 (orangutan / great ape). Add a color word for specific apes: 黑猩猩 (chimpanzee), 大猩猩 (gorilla).

Components

radical
犭 quǎn
animal; beast (as a left radical)
犭 is the dog radical 犬 in its left-side form, used broadly for animals and beasts; it marks 猩 as a kind of animal.
phonetic
星 xīng
star
星 (star) supplies the sound xīng exactly and contributes no meaning here, working as the phonetic part.

Stroke Order

猩 xīng