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猿

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • monkey

On'yomi (音読み)

  • エン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • さる
Strokes
13
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1544
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
犬#94 · dog

Components

Common Words

  • 猿さるNoun
    monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate
  • 猿人えんじんNoun
    ape man
  • 犬猿の仲けんえんのなかExpression
    like cats and dogs, (on) very bad terms, relationship of dogs and monkeys
  • 類人猿るいじんえんNoun
    anthropoid ape, anthropoid, ape
  • 三猿さんえんNoun
    three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
  • 仔猿こざるNoun
    baby monkey
  • 吠猿ほえざるNoun
    howler monkey
  • 吼猿ほえざるNoun
    howler monkey

Practice in Kanjiru

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