Origin

This character combines the animal radical on the left, which marks it as a creature, with a sound component on the right that hints at the pronunciation. The character was formed by taking the shape for "monkey" and pairing it with a phonetic element to help readers know how to say it. The left part tells you it's an animal, while the right part gives you a clue to the sound "en."

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).