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猿

monkey
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingエン
Kun readingさる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. monkeyRtK
    パン君はパンにバターを塗れる猿です。Pan is a monkey that can spread butter on bread.tatoeba
    彼は猿のように木によじ登った。He climbed up the tree like a monkey.tatoeba
  1. monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
  2. ape
  3. non-human primate
  4. sly person
  5. idiot

Synonyms

モンキー

Homonyms

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Same reading (さる)
去る · to leave申 · the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac)

Radicals and components

Radical犬dog犭variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pack of wild dogs · earthenware jar · lidded crock · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · mouth (口) · scarf (冂)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 430

Compound words

類人猿るいじんえん
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
犬猿の仲けんえんのなか
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; relationship of dogs and monkeys
猿轡さるぐつわ
(mouth) gag
猿股さるまた
undershorts
猿猴えんこう
monkey (esp. a gibbon)
猿腦えんのう
monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.)
猿臂えんぴ
long arm
猿頰さるぼお
cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)
吼猿ほえざる
howler monkey
猿回しさるまわし
showman who trains performing monkeys
猿芝居さるしばい
monkey show
猿真似さるまね
indiscriminate imitation
猿田彦さるたひこ
Sarutahiko (deity)
猿尾枷サルオガセ
old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)
猿捕茨さるとりいばら
Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
猿頬貝さるぼうがい
Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)
猿頰貝さるぼうがい
Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)
意馬心猿いばしんえん
it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check
猿ぐつわさるぐつわ
(mouth) gag
猿猴鶏頭えんこうげいとう
love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)
猿猴捉月えんこうそくげつ
trying to reach above one's station and failing
猿臂打ちえんぴうち
elbow strike (karate)
心猿意馬しんえんいば
(being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions
籠鳥檻猿ろうちょうかんえん
denied freedom (of how to live one's life)

Additional Examples

洞窟から大きな猿が現れると、彼らはびっくりして逃げていった。
When a big ape emerged from the cave, they got frightened and ran away.tatoeba
私はその猿を撃たないように警官に説き伏せた。
I persuaded the policeman not to shoot the monkey.tatoeba
子供は猿にバナナを食べさせていた。
The child was feeding the monkey with the banana.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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