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
  • (Tokyo) きつねざ​る [kìtsúnézáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥t͡sɨᵝne̞za̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

狐(きつね)猿(ざる) or 狐猿(キツネザル) • (kitsunezaru) 

  1. a lemur

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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