Entry
  1. Noun

    year of the Monkey

    あれはさる年に因んだ猿の絵です。
    That's a picture of a monkey associated with the Year of the Monkey.

Also written さる年【さるどし】サル年【さるどし】猿年【さるどし】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac

Kun
もう.すもう.し-さる
On
シン
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
492 of 2500
Radical
field
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-5-3SKIP code
0a5.39The Kanji Dictionary
5000.6Four corner code
1655deroo
7533Unicode hex code
1-31-29JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
93Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3726New Nelson (John Haig)
3507New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4319Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2186Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2942Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1117Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1198Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
347A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
185Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
204Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21726Morohashi
322A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
309Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
309Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254sakade
740Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
338henshall3
253Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
585Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
1332Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1126Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shen1Pinyin reading
sinKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

year, counter for years

Kun
とし
On
ネン
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
6 of 2500
Radical
dry
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-4, 4-6-3SKIP code
0a6.16The Kanji Dictionary
8050.0Four corner code
2355deroo
5e74Unicode hex code
1-39-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
188Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1593New Nelson (John Haig)
2035New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2528Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1752Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1036Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1114Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
342Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
64Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9168Morohashi
64A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
45Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
126sakade
51Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
20henshall3
51Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
13crowley
24Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
574Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1045Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
nian2Pinyin reading
nyeonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level