猱

náo
Dictionary entry
(literary) a kind of gibbon

What does 猱 mean?

猱 (náo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(literary) a kind of gibbon
2(music) wide vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 吟[yin2], rapid vibrato)

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How to pronounce 猱

猱
náo
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