# Chinese Characters I Always Forget How to Pronounce

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𦻠 - Accidentally typed this character out. Without zooming in I can’t even be sure it’s a Hanji.

夒 - Just saw a video by SwedishSinologyNerd on the etymology of 猴 monkey in Chinese. Apparently 夒 is the original character and perhaps word for monkey in Chinese. So 猴 is originally 沐猴 which was /\*mə-ɡˤ(r)o/ (沐猴) in OC, while 夒 was /\*nˤu/ in OC.

The oracle bone script for 夒 was:  
 ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/4X/7/f/4/7f4b3eabc4684e1176daef305b4a8cf279443cd7.png)

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