猿
猿 — Monkey
monkey
On’yomiエン (en)
Kun’yomiさる (saru)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 猿
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猿 | さる saru | monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate |
| 猿人 | えんじん enjin | ape man |
| 犬猿の仲 | けんえんのなか kenennonaka | like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; relationship of dogs and monkeys |
| 類人猿 | るいじんえん ruijinen | anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape |
Study notes
猿 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1772 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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