猩 xīng ape
ape; orangutan
怎么记住“猩”: 犭 dog + 星 star = ape. The keeper's dog sleeps by the fence as a single star shines over Budi, the zoo's shy old ape.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
猩 = 犭 dog + 星 star
- 犭 dog meaning
- 星 star sound
- 日 sun
- 生 life
- ㇒ falling stroke
- 龶 plant
The keeper's dog sleeps by the fence as a single star shines over Budi, the zoo's shy old ape.
How it came to be
The dog gives the meaning and the star the sound; the word first meant the sound of a dog barking.
用法
- Occurs in 猩猩 (xīngxing): the orangutan/great ape: 大猩猩 (dàxīngxing) gorilla, 黑猩猩 (hēixīngxing) chimpanzee.
- 猩红 (xīnghóng) means scarlet/blood-red; 猩红热 (xīnghóngrè) is scarlet fever.