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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1772 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: monkey

Kunyomi: さる

Onyomi: エン

Composition: 犭 袁

猿

Radical

Radical: 犬

Meaning: dog

Reading: いぬ

Frequency: 444

Alternative forms:

犭(alt radical position hen)

犬

Examples

Onyomi Examples

猿人 (エンジン) ape man

猿害 (エンガイ) damages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.)

人類猿 (ジンルイエン) anthropoid ape

孤猿 (コエン) lone monkey, stray monkey

Kunyomi Examples

猿 (さる) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate, sly person, idiot, hick, sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut), clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook, bathhouse prostitute

猿尾 (さるお) backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

木から落ちた猿 (きからおちたさる) person who has lost something they used to rely on, a monkey fallen from the tree

真猿 (まさる) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)

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