06765 Chinese character of 猱 and pronounce naau4

The Chinese character【猱】that we will explain today is a word that describes animals or behaviors. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Monkey or flexible.

Below is the correct pronunciation of this particular Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【猱】:náo

Cantonese Jyutping of 【猱】:naau4

Here is an explanation of the primary details of the Chinese character 【猱】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【猱】, for example:Describing animals or behaviors , It means mainly monkey or flexible .The richness of Chinese characters allows for a wide range of meanings, some of which may be too complex to be fully explained here.

【猱】stands alone as a word, yet when paired with others, it leads to complex linguistic structures, for instance【猱猻、猱動】(Mandarin Pinyin:náo sūn 、náo dòng/ Cantonese Jyutping:naau4 syun1 、naau4 dung6)

Writing this character requires 12 strokes,It is an obscure Chinese character that may only be found in ancient texts,Below is a sample sentence featuring this character in real usage.:


猱猻在樹間靈活地跳躍。

The gibbon jumps nimbly between the trees.


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