猿 – monkey

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The kanji 猿 means monkey. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エン (en); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さる (saru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 犬 (no. 94).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エン	en
Kun’yomi	さる	saru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 犬 (Kangxi radical 94). Components: 衣・口・土・犯.

Words using 猿

猿さるmonkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)

Kanji with the same radical

状独献狙犯獲猛犬狭狂獄猫獣狩狡

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