猿 — kanji meaning “monkey”
猿
monkey
- Meanings
- monkey
- On'yomi
- エン (en)
- Kun'yomi
- さる
- Name readings
- さ、さわ、ざる、まし
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1772 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 94
- Chinese reading
- yuán — Chinese character page
Words with 猿
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 類人猿 | るいじんえん ruijin'en | anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape |
| 犬猿 | けんえん ken'en | cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); dogs and monkeys |
| 猿真似 | さるまね sarumane | indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower |
| 野猿 | やえん yaen | wild monkey |
| 猿楽 | さるがく sarugaku | sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries) |
| 猿轡 | さるぐつわ sarugutsuwa | (mouth) gag |
| 山猿 | やまざる yamazaru | mountain monkey; wild monkey |
| 猿芝居 | さるしばい sarushibai | monkey show |
| 猿山 | さるやま saruyama | artificial mountain in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.) |
| 犬猿の仲 | けんえんのなか ken'ennonaka | like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; relationship of dogs and monkeys |
| 猿回し | さるまわし sarumawashi | showman who trains performing monkeys |
| 三猿 | さんえん san'en | three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil") |
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