JLPT N1 · 13 strokes
Kanji 猿: "monkey"
The kanji 猿 means "monkey". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read エン in on'yomi and さる in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さる
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | monkey |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1772 of 2,501 |
Common words with 猿
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 猿monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate · sly person
- 犬猿の仲like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; relationship of dogs and monkeys
- 猿轡(mouth) gag
- お猿さんmonkey
- 猿芝居monkey show · bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance; farce
- 小猿baby monkey · small monkey
- 山猿mountain monkey; wild monkey · mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
- 類人猿anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
- 猿真似indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
- 猿人ape man
- 猿楽sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries) · noh
- 猿山artificial mountain in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)
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