Results, 沐猴にして冠す

もっこうにしてかんすmokkounishitekansu

expression:

  • to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

Kanji definition:

モクMOKUもくするmoku.suruあらara.u

wash

Strokes:
7
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
1-3-4
UTF:
6c90
JIS208:
61-84
Hangul:
목 [mog]
Pinyin:
Stroke order:
Example words:
斎戒沐浴さいかいもくよくsaikaimokuyoku
purification; washing
沐浴もくよくmokuyoku
bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution; / receiving a blessing; receiving an honor
櫛風沐雨しっぷうもくうshippuumokuu
struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships
沐猴にして冠すもっこうにしてかんすmokkounishitekansu
to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown
沐猴もっこうmokkou
monkey

コウKOUさるsaru

monkey

Strokes:
12
Radical:
犬犭 dog
SKIP:
1-3-9
UTF:
7334
JIS208:
64-45
Hangul:
후 [hu]
Pinyin:
hóu
Stroke order:
Example words:
沐猴にして冠すもっこうにしてかんすmokkounishitekansu
to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown
沐猴もっこうmokkou
monkey
猿猴えんこうenkou
monkey (esp. a gibbon); / hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre); / menstrual period; / kappa
猿猴鶏頭えんこうげいとうenkougeitou
love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower; velvet flower; foxtail amaranth
猿猴月を取るえんこうつきをとるenkoutsukiwotoru
to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns)

カンKANかんむりkanmuri

crown; best; peerless

Strokes:
9
Radical:
冖 cover
SKIP:
2-2-7
UTF:
51a0
JIS208:
20-7
Nanori:
kaかっぷkappuまさるmasaru
Hangul:
관 [gwan]
Pinyin:
guān / guàn
Stroke order:
Example words:
かんむりkanmuri
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; / crown; diadem; coronet; / top kanji radical; / first verse of a haikai, etc.; / best; peerless; first; / name; title; named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc.
冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさいkankonsousai
important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
三冠馬さんかんばsankanba
winner of Japan's three main horse races
栄冠えいかんeikan
laurels; garland
王冠おうかんoukan
crown; diadem; / bottle cap

Kanji

モクMOKUもくするmoku.suruあらara.u

wash

コウKOUさるsaru

monkey


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