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])
• IPA^(key): [kʲi̥t͡sɨᵝne̞za̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

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

1. a lemur