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猿

猿 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

monkey

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エンJHS
Kun (native)
  • さるJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • さ
  • さわ
  • ざる
  • まし
Other languages
  • 拼音yuan2
  • 한글weon
  • Hán-ViệtViên

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
犬(いぬ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+733F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰犭袁

Words using this kanji

  • 猿さるさる。哺乳動物霊長目からヒトを除いた動物。日本語の用字としては、有尾・無尾を問わず用いる。monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate, sly person
  • 猿人えんじん約130万年前まで生息していた最古の化石人類。ape man
  • 猿ましらさる。哺乳動物霊長目からヒトを除いた動物。日本語の用字としては、有尾・無尾を問わず用いる。monkey
  • 猿轡さるぐつわ(mouth) gag
  • 猿股さるまたundershorts
  • 猿臂えんぴ猿の腕。 猿のように長い腕。long arm, monkey arm
  • 猿拳さるけんMonkey Fist, Monkey-Style kung-fu
  • 猿梨さるなしhardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta), kiwi berry, tara vine, bower vine
  • 猿腦えんのうmonkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.)
  • 猿子ましこrosefinch (any finch of genus Carpodacus), monkey
  • 猿楽さるがく（さるがく、さるごう）日本の伝統芸能の一つで能楽の原型になったもので伎楽や散楽にものまねなどの滑稽な笑いの芸や寸劇などを加えた芸能。 （さるがく）平安時代から鎌倉時代において能楽法師が祭礼などで1.を街で行ったもの。 （さるがく）平安時代以降に諸大寺で呪師の芸能の後に1.が演じられたもの。sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries), noh, fooling around
  • 猿酒さるざけmonkey booze
  • 猿猴えんこうてながざるとマカクの総称。 広島県をはじめ中国地方、四国地方に伝わるかっぱのような生き物。 人形浄瑠璃における手のこと。monkey (esp. a gibbon), hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre), kappa
  • 猿袴さるばかまwork hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom
  • 猿頬さるぼおcheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.), iron mask that covers the chin and cheeks (worn by samurai), Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)
  • 猿尾さるおbackside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body
  • 猿手さるてape hand (deformity), simian hand
  • 猿面さるめんape mask, ape-like face, ape face
  • 猿害えんがいdamages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.)
  • 猿神さるがみmonkey god, ape god

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-10
Four Corner
4423.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3g10.3
Heisig
430
Nelson
2905