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Chinese
Etymology
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “When and where was it first assigned the meaning "baboon"? Influenced by which foreign language if any? English baboon? French babouin?”
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Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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狒
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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3308
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Phonetic component
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弗
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Rime group
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隊
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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𥝋
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Old Chinese
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/*buds/
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Notes
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見爾雅,沸原誤涕,依內府本及王韻校改
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Noun
狒狒
- baboon
- (archaic, Chinese mythology) name of a monster mentioned in the Erya (爾雅)
Compounds
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of 狒狒 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 狒狒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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