Kanji
猿
kanji character
monkey
猿 kanji-猿 monkey
猿
Meaning
monkey
Readings
Kun'yomi
- さる ぐつわ (mouth) gag
- さる また undershorts
- さる まね indiscriminate imitation
On'yomi
- えん じん ape man
- けん えん のなか like cats and dogs
- るいじん えん anthropoid ape
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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猿 monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape... -
猿 人 ape man -
類 人 猿 anthropoid ape, anthropoid, ape -
犬 猿 の仲 like cats and dogs, (on) very bad terms, relationship of dogs and monkeys -
猿 轡 (mouth) gag -
猿 股 undershorts -
猿 まねindiscriminate imitation, monkey see, monkey do... -
猿 年 year of the Monkey -
猿 滑 crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) -
猿 臂 long arm, monkey arm -
猿 拳 Monkey Fist, Monkey-Style kung-fu -
猿 梨 hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta), kiwi berry, tara vine... -
猿 腦 monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.) -
猿 子 rosefinch (any finch of genus Carpodacus), monkey -
猿 楽 sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries), noh, fooling around -
猿 渡 monkey bars, horizontal ladder -
猿 目 primates -
猿 酒 monkey booze, sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks -
猿 猴 monkey (esp. a gibbon), hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre), kappa... -
猿 公 monkey, ape -
猿 袴 work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom -
猿 頬 cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)... -
猿 頰 cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)... -
猿 尾 backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body -
猿 手 ape hand (deformity), simian hand -
猿 面 ape mask, ape-like face, ape face -
猿 害 damages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.) -
猿 神 monkey god, ape god -
猿 豆 Smilax biflora var. trinervula (variety of a species of greenbrier) -
猿 山 artificial mountain in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)