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    3. 猿

    猿

    猿さる

    monkey

    N1KMT9Freq #1772AnimalsKanji13 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    さる

    On'yomi

    エン

    Nanori

    ささわざるまし

    monkey

    ⺨袁

    土
    亠
    衣
    口

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    園遠裔園遠獄

    Concepts using this kanji

    猿

    monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)

    猿人

    ape man

    日本猿

    Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)

    大猿子

    Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)

    直立猿人

    a pithecanthrope

    新世界猿

    New World monkey (any monkey of infraorder Platyrrhini)

    三猿主義

    the principle of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

    手長猿

    gibbon (any small, long-armed ape of family Hylobatidae)

    フーロック手長猿

    hoolock gibbon (either of the two gibbons in genus Hoolock)

    旧世界猿

    Old World monkey (any monkey of family Cercopithecidae)

    三猿

    three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")

    ラミダス猿人

    Ardipithecus ramidus (species of hominin)

    白手手長猿

    white-handed gibbon

    銀山猿子

    pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)

    道化猿

    loris (esp. a slow loris)

    猿公

    monkey

    猿山

    artificial mountain in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)

    山猿

    mountain monkey

    猿手

    ape hand (deformity)

    化石類人猿

    anthropoid fossil

    猿子

    rosefinch (any finch of genus Carpodacus)

    見猿

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

    小猿

    baby monkey

    言わ猿

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

    人似猿

    anthropoid ape

    心猿

    passion

    大型類人猿

    great ape

    木から落ちた猿

    person who has lost something they used to rely on

    意馬心猿

    it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check

    猿も木から落ちる

    even monkeys fall from trees

    心猿意馬

    (being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions

    赤猿子

    scarlet rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)

    猿回し

    showman who trains performing monkeys

    台湾猿

    Formosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis)

    人猿同祖説

    monkey-ancestry theory

    小型類人猿

    lesser ape

    人類猿

    anthropoid ape

    指猿

    aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

    日避猿

    flying lemur

    猿楽能

    noh

    野猿

    wild monkey

    袋手長猿

    siamang (species of gibbon, Symphalangus syndactylus)

    猿田彦の命

    Saruta Hiko no Mikoto (Shintō god)

    屋久猿

    Yakushima macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui)

    真猿

    monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)

    猿害

    damages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.)

    尾長猿

    cercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)

    小笠原猿子

    Bonin grosbeak (Chaunoproctus ferreorostris, extinct)

    猿田彦

    Sarutahiko (deity)

    猿真似

    indiscriminate imitation

    猿知恵

    shallow cunning

    猿楽座

    professional organization of sarugaku performers

    猿神

    monkey god

    真猿亜目

    Simiiformes (infraorder comprising the simians, i.e. higher primates)

    猿子鳥

    rosefinch

    原猿類

    prosimian

    猿面海老根

    Calanthe tricarinata (species of orchid)

    真猿類

    simian

    猿面

    ape mask

    猿面冠者

    young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

    猿渡り

    monkey bars

    紅猿子

    long-tailed rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)

    猿楽

    sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries)

    聞か猿

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

    萩猿子

    Asian rosy finch (Leucosticte arctoa)

    芸なし猿

    useless person

    紫猿子

    purple finch (Carpodacus purpureus)

    黒猿

    Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra)

    雄猿

    male monkey

    猿芝居

    monkey show

    猿の惑星

    Planet of the Apes (novel and series of films)

    赤毛猿

    rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

    天狗猿

    proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

    尾巻猿

    any monkey of family Cebidae (esp. the capuchin monkeys of genus Cebus, but also including marmosets, tamarins and squirrel monkeys)

    猿尾

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

    房尾巻猿

    brown capuchin

    猿猴月を取る

    to try and reach above one's station and fail

    猿猴が月を取る

    to try and reach above one's station and fail

    犬猿の仲

    like cats and dogs

    鈍間猿

    loris

    口髭猿

    mustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus)

    獅子猿

    lion tamarin

    猿捕茨

    Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)

    直鼻猿亜目

    Haplorhini (primate suborder)

    広鼻猿類

    platyrrhine (primate of infraorder Platyrrhini, which have nostrils that are far apart)

    猿酒

    monkey booze

    鹿猿

    earthenware toy portraying a monkey sitting on top of a deer (often a bell)

    類人猿

    anthropoid ape

    犬猿

    cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship)

    犬と猿

    cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship)

    曲鼻猿亜目

    Strepsirrhini (primate suborder)

    孤猿

    lone monkey

    猿の尻笑い

    the pot calling the kettle black

    玄猿

    gibbon

    猿梨

    hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta)

    緑猿

    green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)

    痩猿

    langur

    猿豆

    Smilax biflora var. trinervula (variety of a species of greenbrier)

    軒猿

    ninja (esp. those serving the Uesugi clan during the Sengoku period)

    獅子鼻猿

    snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.)

    猿の腰掛け

    polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)

    背赤栗鼠猿

    Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)

    輪尾狐猿

    ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

    豚尾猿

    pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)

    茶色狐猿

    common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus)

    猿臂打ち

    elbow strike (karate)

    羊毛猿

    woolly monkey (any New World monkey of genus Lagothrix)

    黒狐猿

    black lemur (Eulemur macaco)

    お猿さん

    monkey

    猿ぐつわをかます

    to gag someone

    こけ猿

    foolish monkey

    狭鼻猿類

    catarrhine (primate of infraorder Catarrhini having nostrils that are close together, esp. the Old World monkeys of family Cercopithecidae)

    赤腹狐猿

    red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)

    コイバ吠猿

    Coiba Island howler (Alouatta coibensis)

    マント吠猿

    mantled howler (Alouatta palliata)

    吠猿

    howler monkey

    瓦猿

    clay monkey figure

    コモン栗鼠猿

    common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

    ボリビア栗鼠猿

    black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

    栗鼠猿

    squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)

    蜘蛛猿

    spider monkey

    猿猴捉月

    trying to reach above one's station and failing

    蟹食い猿

    crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

    猿臂を伸ばす

    to stretch one's arms

    白黒襟巻狐猿

    black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)

    眼鏡猿

    tarsier (Tarsius syrichta)

    猿拳

    Monkey Fist

    絹猿

    common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

    冠狐猿

    crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus)

    籠鳥檻猿

    denied freedom (of how to live one's life)

    赤襟巻狐猿

    red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)

    猿麻桛

    old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)

    狐猿

    lemur

    猿股

    undershorts

    猿袴

    work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom

    猿猴鶏頭

    love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)

    疣鼻猿

    snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp., esp. the golden snub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana)

    猿頬貝

    Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)

    猿猴

    monkey (esp. a gibbon)

    猿頬

    cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)

    猿腦

    monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.)

    猿臂

    long arm

    猿轡

    (mouth) gag

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    • 土
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    • 意馬心猿
    • 猿
    • 猿ぐつわをかます
    • 猿も木から落ちる
    • 猿回し
    • 猿轡
    • 猿股
    • 猿芝居
    • 猿真似
    • 猿人
    • 犬猿の仲
    • 見猿
    • 言わ猿
    • 山猿
    • 心猿
    • 人猿同祖説
    • 人類猿
    • 聞か猿
    • 野猿
    • 三猿
    • 類人猿
    • 猿知恵
    • 日本猿
    • 尾長猿
    • 猿臂
    • 手長猿
    • こけ猿
    • 直立猿人
    • 眼鏡猿
    • 紅猿子
    • 狐猿
    • 犬猿
    • 猿の腰掛け
    • 化石類人猿
    • 蟹食い猿
    • 猿拳
    • 赤毛猿
    • 心猿意馬
    • 猿梨
    • 三猿主義
    • 犬と猿
    • 猿臂を伸ばす
    • 猿腦
    • 屋久猿
    • 指猿
    • 輪尾狐猿
    • 日避猿
    • 尾巻猿
    • 房尾巻猿
    • 栗鼠猿
    • 猿子
    • 旧世界猿
    • 狭鼻猿類
    • 広鼻猿類
    • 新世界猿
    • 羊毛猿
    • 緑猿
    • 白手手長猿
    • フーロック手長猿
    • 袋手長猿
    • 獅子猿
    • 絹猿
    • 吠猿
    • 猿捕茨
    • 雄猿
    • 猿臂打ち
    • 猿楽
    • 猿楽能
    • 猿渡り
    • 猿田彦
    • 真猿
    • 原猿類
    • 真猿類
    • 銀山猿子
    • 蜘蛛猿
    • 猿麻桛
    • 口髭猿
    • 猿酒
    • 小猿
    • 猿猴
    • 紫猿子
    • 猿子鳥
    • 小笠原猿子
    • 大猿子
    • 萩猿子
    • 猿公
    • 猿袴
    • 曲鼻猿亜目
    • 直鼻猿亜目
    • 冠狐猿
    • 茶色狐猿
    • 黒狐猿
    • 赤腹狐猿
    • 白黒襟巻狐猿
    • 赤襟巻狐猿
    • 真猿亜目
    • 猿の尻笑い
    • コイバ吠猿
    • マント吠猿
    • コモン栗鼠猿
    • ボリビア栗鼠猿
    • 背赤栗鼠猿
    • 豚尾猿
    • 人似猿
    • 芸なし猿
    • 痩猿
    • 鹿猿
    • 孤猿
    • 黒猿
    • 玄猿
    • 瓦猿
    • 鈍間猿
    • 天狗猿
    • 道化猿
    • 疣鼻猿
    • 獅子鼻猿
    • 台湾猿
    • 木から落ちた猿
    • 猿頬貝
    • 猿頬
    • 猿尾
    • 猿手
    • 猿面
    • 猿害
    • 猿神
    • 猿豆
    • 猿面冠者
    • 猿山
    • 赤猿子
    • 猿猴鶏頭
    • 猿面海老根
    • 籠鳥檻猿
    • 猿猴捉月
    • 大型類人猿
    • 小型類人猿
    • 猿猴月を取る
    • お猿さん
    • 軒猿
    • ラミダス猿人
    • 猿猴が月を取る
    • 猿楽座
    • 猿田彦の命
    • 猿の惑星

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