Monkey in Japanese

"monkey" in Japanese, with the kanji that carry the meaning.

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2 Japanese kanji carry the meaning "monkey". The most common choice is shown first.

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monkey

Reading: en

13 strokes · spiritual

Where it comes from

Composed of beast and phonetic. Beast with long arms.

What it carries

Monkey, wisdom, imitation. Famous for Japan's three wise monkeys.

Related kanji for "monkey"

sign of the monkey(also: have the honor to, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac)

shin · spiritual

Shape of lightning. Voice of deity.

The most common kanji for "monkey" is 猿, read as en. It means monkey. Related kanji: 申 (sign of the monkey).

猿 has 13 strokes.