The story of 猿

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猿 is composed of the BuShou of 犬(dog) and 袁. 犬 has the meaning of animal kind, while 袁 depicts a hand gripping a clothes, implies that such person is not close to you, which has the meaning of far or remote. So 猿 is used to describe an ape, which sound can be heard faraway but still cannot be seen.