monkey

12 strokes

On

コウ

Kun

さる

Dictionary

Common Words

猿猴んこうNounFreq #131024
1

monkey (esp. a gibbon)

2

hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre)

3

kappa

4

Archaic

menstrual period

きんしこう金糸猴キンシコウNounUsually kanaFreq #214854
1

golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

沐猴っこうNounFreq #269124
1

Rare term

monkey

猿猴捉月えんこうそくげつNoun四字熟語Freq #271574
1

trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)

沐猴にして冠すもっこうにしてかんすExpressionFreq #280555
1

Idiomatic expression

to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown

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