Word Meaning 猿猴鶏頭

えんこうげいとう enkougeitou

猿猴鶏頭 is read as えんこうげいとう (enkougeitou) and means love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus).

Meaning

English

love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus)
tassel flower
velvet flower
foxtail amaranth

Reading

Kana

えんこうげいとう

Romaji

enkougeitou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 60 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 162153 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

えんこう

hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre)

青鶏頭

あおげいとう

red-root amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus)

鶏頭

けいとう

silver cock's comb (Celosia argentea, esp. crested cock's comb, Celosia argentea var. cristata)

紐鶏頭

ひもげいとう

love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)

頭青花鶏

ずあおあとり

chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

頭黒鶏冠鳧

ずぐろとさかげり

masked lapwing (Vanellus miles)

猿

さる

bathhouse prostitute

猿人

えんじん

ape man

猿楽能

さるがくのう

noh