猿
monkey
13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1772.
Readings
- さる (kun reading): 猿 (さる) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); 猿楽 (さるがく) sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries)
- エン (on reading): 類人猿 (るいじんえん) anthropoid ape; 猿人 (えんじん) ape man
- Read as a whole word: 猿子鳥 (ましこどり) rosefinch
Components
Words using 猿
- 猿 (さる) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
- 猿楽 (さるがく) sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries)
- 猿の惑星 (さるのわくせい) Planet of the Apes (novel and series of films)
- 猿蟹合戦 (さるかにがっせん) The Monkey and the Crab (folktale)
- 山猿 (やまざる) mountain monkey
- 類人猿 (るいじんえん) anthropoid ape
- 猿人 (えんじん) ape man
- 犬猿の仲 (けんえんのなか) like cats and dogs
- 野猿 (やえん) wild monkey
- 三猿 (さんえん) three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
- 猿子鳥 (ましこどり) rosefinch
- 猿 (ましら) monkey
86 words in all.