The kanji 猿: meaning, readings and stroke order

猿

Meaning: monkey
On reading: エン en
Kun reading: さる saru
Strokes: 13
Radical: 犬 dog
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con khỉ (viên)
Japanese: さる。
Korean: 원숭이 (원)
Chinese: 猴子

Readings, words and example sentences

エン en · on reading · less common

犬けん猿えん
on very bad terms (like cats and dogs)
二人は 犬けん猿えんのなかです。
Those two fight like cats and dogs.

さる saru · kun reading

猿さる
monkey
山で 猿さるの群れを見ました。
I saw a troop of monkeys in the mountains.

Practise writing 猿 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 猿 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Get it on the App Store Get it on Google Play

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.