沐猴にして冠す (もっこーにしてかんす) — to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it), a monkey wearing a crown | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it) and a monkey wearing a crown

Practice Writing

Character: 1/7

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

沐猴にして冠す

to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it), a monkey wearing a crown

もっこうにしてかんす

沐

もく.する, あら.う, モク

氵

( 水 ) water, water radical (no. 85)

木

き, こ-, ボク

猴

犭

dog, dog radical (no. 94)

侯

marquis, lord, daimyo

亻

( 人 ) radical number 9

矦

ユ

矢

天

heavens, sky, imperial

あまつ, あめ, テン

大

おお-, おお.きい, ダイ

冠

crown, best, peerless

かんむり, カン

冖

wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)

㝴

元

beginning, former time, origin

もと, ゲン, ガン

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

兀

high & level, lofty, bald...

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

儿

( 八 ) legs radical (no. 10)

がい, ジン, ニン

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

寸

measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little...

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