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Zach

Readings

Kana: エン、さる
Romaji: en, saru
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: さ、さわ、ざる、まし
Romaji: sa, sawa, zaru, mashi
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

monkey

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  94
Frequency:  1772
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-10
Korean Reading:  weon
Chinese Reading:  yuan2
Unicode:  733f
JIS:  316E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 669
Nelson Index: 2905
New Nelson Index: 3600
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3g10.3
Four Corner Index: 4423.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1028
Gakken Index: 1717
Japanese Names Index: 2062
Daikanwanjiten Index: 20584
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0726
Remembering the kanji Index: 403
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1529
Kodansha Compact Index: 1308
Kanji in Context Index: 1865
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 479
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 612
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 410
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 430
Kodansha Kanji Index: 824
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2965
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1648

Words

(さる、サル)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; bathhouse prostitute
犬猿 (けんえん)
dogs and monkeys (esp. as an example of a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs)
類人猿 (るいじんえん)
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; pongid; ape
野猿 (やえん)
wild monkey
猿臂 (えんぴ)
monkey arm; long arm
(ましら、まし)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
猿楽 (さるがく、さるごう)
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); noh; fooling around
猿渡り (さるわたり)
monkey bars; horizontal ladder
紅猿子 (べにましこ、ベニマシコ)
long-tailed rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)
猿腦 (えんのう)
monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.)
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