三猿

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1
えん
Grade: S
kan’on
 三猿 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

(さん)(えん) (san'enさんゑん (san'wen)?

  1. the three monkeys (the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" monkeys)
    Synonym: 見猿聞か猿言わ猿 (mizaru kikazaru iwazaru)
    Hyponyms: 見猿 (mizaru), 聞か猿 (kikazaru), 言わ猿 (iwazaru)
    (さん)(えん)(しゅ)()
    san'en shugi
    the three-monkeys principle