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禺

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: ngo5
POJ: ngô
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: a kind of large monkey (archaic), a surname
禺

The character page lists several unrelated, mostly obsolete senses (monkey, area/district, time before noon, alt. form of 愚, alt. form of 偶, mountain name, surname) all sharing the identical Teochew reading with no way to tell which one is meant; the classical 'monkey' sense was picked as the character's core meaning.

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