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猿: monkey

monkey
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Readings

On
エン
Kun
さる

猿(さる) "monkey"; 猿真似(さるまね) "copycat". えん in 類人猿(るいじんえん) "ape", 猿人(えんじん), 犬猿の仲(けんえんのなか) "like cats and dogs".

Stroke order · 13 strokes

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Key words

猿さるmonkey
犬猿の仲けんえんのなかbitter enemies
猿人えんじんape-man
猿真似さるまねmindless imitation

Example sentences

At the zoo, a monkey was eating a banana up in a tree.

Those two are like cats and dogs; just being in the same room leads to a fight.

I saw a model of an ape-man's skull at the museum and felt the long history of humankind.

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