狐猿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狐	猿
きつね Hyōgaiji	さる > ざる Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) きつねざる [kìtsúnézáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲi̥t͡sɨᵝne̞za̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

狐(きつね)猿(ざる) • (kitsunezaru)

a lemur

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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