Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: dog

Examples

Onyomi Examples

エンジン ape man

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

人類 ジンルイエン anthropoid ape

コエン lone monkey, stray monkey

Kunyomi Examples

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

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

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

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