What does kanji 猿 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 猿 is monkey.

How is kanji 猿 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 猿 are さる; the onyomi readings are エン.

What is the main radical of kanji 猿?

The main radical for kanji 猿 is 犬.

What words use kanji 猿?

Example words that use kanji 猿 include 猿, 猿人, さるかに合戦, サル顔.

JōyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 2

猿

Meaning

Kanji 猿

monkey

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: さる
Onyomi 音読み: エン
Nanori 名乗り: ささわざるまし

Added to Jōyō: 1981

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: #1772
Strokes: 13
Radical: 犬
Components: 口 • 土 • 犯 • 衣
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 2
Similar Kanji: 袁 • 遠 • 園 • 轅 • 媴 • 溒 • 㝨

Related vocabulary

Showing 36 common entries

Showing 36 of 151 entries that include this kanji.

猿

さる

clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

猿人

えんじん

ape man

さるかに合戦

さるかにがっせん

The Monkey and the Crab (Japanese folktale)

サル顔

サルがお

monkey-like face (e.g. protruding ears)

サル痘

さるとう

monkeypox

サル目

サルもく

primates

猿ぐつわをかます

さるぐつわをかます

to gag someone

猿の腰掛け

さるのこしかけ

polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)

猿の尻笑い

さるのしりわらい

the pot calling the kettle black

猿の惑星

さるのわくせい

Planet of the Apes (novel and series of films)

猿も木から落ちる

さるもきからおちる

even monkeys fall from trees

猿回し

さるまわし

showman who trains performing monkeys

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

猿が木から木へ飛び移った。

The monkey jumped from one tree to another.

あの山には野生の猿がいる。

There are wild monkeys on that mountain.

猿は人のまねをすることがある。

Monkeys sometimes imitate people.

動物園で猿にえさをやらないでください。

Please do not feed the monkeys at the zoo.

小さい猿が母親にしがみついていた。

A small monkey was clinging to its mother.

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