狐猿
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 狐 | 猿 |
| きつね Hyōgai |
さる > ざる Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]狐 (kitsune, “fox”) + 猿 (saru, “monkey”). Compare Chinese 狐猴 (húhóu, literally “fox monkey”), Korean 여우원숭이 (yeouwonsung'i, literally “fox monkey”) and Vietnamese vượn cáo (literally “fox ape”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]狐猿 or 狐猿 • (kitsunezaru)
- a lemur
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 狐 read as きつね
- Japanese terms spelled with 猿 read as さる
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
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