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猿 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」

道
準2High school level ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」
On
エンえん · en
Kun
さるsaru
Meaning
monkey

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

⺨ "beast" with 袁: the animal that swings tree to tree with long arms — the monkey.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onエンえんen野猿やえん類人猿るいじんさる犬猿の仲けんえんのなか
Kunさるsaru猿さる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 類人猿るいじんえん

    an ape

  • 犬猿の仲けんえんのなか

    being at daggers drawn

More words with this kanji

  • 猿猴えんこう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)で猿(さる)を見(み)かけた。

I spotted a monkey in the mountains.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

類人猿犬猿の仲犬猿の仲類人猿猿人person仲relati…犬dog類kind猫cat猶still犯to com…犲a jack…狆a Japa…垣hedge円circle延to ext…炎flame沿to run…
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Compound

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