Kanji1 / 13
猿 kanji
monkey
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
エン
Kun readings
さる
Variant forms
猨Words with 猿
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —狭鼻猿類catarrhine (primate of infraorder Catarrhini having nostrils that are close together, esp. the Old World monkeys of family Cercopithecidae)
- —広鼻猿類platyrrhine (primate of infraorder Platyrrhini, which have nostrils that are far apart)
- —猿臂打ちelbow strike (karate)
- —真猿亜目Simiiformes (infraorder comprising the simians, i.e. higher primates)
- —猿猴鶏頭love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower; velvet flower; foxtail amaranth
- —籠鳥檻猿denied freedom (of how to live one's life); living like a caged bird
- —猿猴捉月trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)
- —化石類人猿anthropoid fossil
- —曲鼻猿亜目Strepsirrhini (primate suborder)
- —直鼻猿亜目Haplorhini (primate suborder)
- —大型類人猿great ape
- —小型類人猿lesser ape
- —猿臂を伸ばすto stretch one's arms; to elongate one's arms
- —猿猴月を取るto try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns)
- —ラミダス猿人Ardipithecus ramidus (species of hominin)
- —猿猴が月を取るto try and reach above one's station and fail; a monkey catches (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)
- —ラミドゥス猿人Ardipithecus ramidus (species of hominin)