猩猩

xīng xing · HSK 7

orangutan

🦧 猩 = 犭 animal radical + 星 (xīng, star) for the sound; doubled into 猩猩

Each 猩 pairs the 犭 beast radical with 星 xīng, which carries the pronunciation. The character is reduplicated, so 猩猩 reads xīng xing and names the great ape, the orangutan.

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