Talk:Wukong/@comment-108.87.117.137-20161222200257/@comment-25254386-20161227061558

^In Chinese, monkeys are also called húsūn (猢猻), which is what Lone Tenno 108.87 is referring to. Both the surname sūn (孫) and sūn (猻) in húsūn are pronounced the same and written nearly identical.

Which is why sūn served as both a surname to Wukong and as a small joke as he was also a monkey.