漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
猿: monkey
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- ⺨beast(meaning)
- 袁(sound)
⺨ carries the meaning · 袁 gives the sound
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
エンen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 猿人えんじんape man
- 類人猿るいじんえんanthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
- 犬猿の仲けんえんのなかlike cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms
さるsaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 猿さるmonkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca…
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Watch the wild beast stalking through the brush! These three quick strokes capture the energy of a four-legged animal on the prowl.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side猿 monkey · ⺨
vs遠 distant · ⻌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yuán
Same form: 猿 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 猿 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 猿 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yuán most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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