Kanji details for 猴
猴
monkey
KUN:
- さるsaru
ON:
- コウkou
Example words(showing 7 results)
noun
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love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus), tassel flower, velvet flower, foxtail amaranth
See also:紐鶏頭
Other readings:
エンコウゲイトウ
noun
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trying to reach above one's station and failing, trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing, monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning)(yojijukugo)
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to try and reach above one's station and fail, to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail, a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns)(idiom )
See also:猿猴捉月
noun
•
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)(usually kana)
Other readings:
キンシコウ
expression
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to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it), a monkey wearing a crown(idiom )