Word Meaning 見猿聞か猿言わ猿

みざるきかざるいわざる mizaruki ka zaruiwazaru

見猿聞か猿言わ猿 is read as みざるきかざるいわざる (mizaruki ka zaruiwazaru) and means see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil.

Meaning

English

  1. see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil
  2. the three wise monkeys

Reading

Kana

みざるきかざるいわざる

Romaji

mizaruki ka zaruiwazaru

Writing Variants

  • 見ざる聞かざる言わざる みざるきかざるいわざる mizarukikazaruiwazaru

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 72 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb Rank 69137 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

見猿

みざる

see-no-evil monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)

言わ猿

いわざる

say-no-evil monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)

聞か猿

きかざる

hear-no-evil monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)

見聞

けんぶん

information

見聞き

みきき

information

見仏聞法

けんぶつもんぼう

seeing Buddha and hearing his teachings

見聞覚知

けんもんかくち

perception through the six senses (of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and consciousness)

見ると聞くとは大違い

みるときくとはおおちがい

there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes

見聞を広める

けんぶんをひろめる

to widen one's knowledge