Word Meaning 猿猴

えんこう enkou

猿猴 is read as えんこう (enkou) and means hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre).

Meaning

English

hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre)
kappa
menstrual period
monkey (esp. a gibbon)

Reading

Kana

えんこう

Romaji

enkou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Synonyms 猿公,エテ公,猿,サル,野猿,モンキー,山猿,類人猿 Rank 160503 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

猿猴月を取る

えんこうつきをとる

to try and reach above one's station and fail

猿猴が月を取る

えんこうがつきをとる

to try and reach above one's station and fail

猿猴捉月

えんこうそくげつ

trying to reach above one's station and failing

猿猴鶏頭

えんこうげいとう

love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus)

猿

さる

bathhouse prostitute

猿人

えんじん

ape man

猿楽能

さるがくのう

noh

猿も木から落ちる

さるもきからおちる

even monkeys fall from trees

猿年

さるどし

year of the Monkey

猿手

さるで

ape hand (deformity)

猿田彦の命

さるたひこのみこと

Saruta Hiko no Mikoto (Shintō god)

猿子

ましこ

monkey