Results, 沐猴にして冠す

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:

沐

モクMOKU・もくするmoku.suru・あらうara.u

wash

Strokes:
7
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
1-3-4
UTF:
6c90
JIS208:
61-84
Hangul:
목 [mog]
Pinyin:
mù
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
猴

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)
冠

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:
かka・かっぷkappu・まさるmasaru
Hangul:
관 [gwan]
Pinyin:
guān / guàn
Stroke order:
Example words:
冠【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

沐

モクMOKU・もくするmoku.suru・あらうara.u

wash

猴

コウKOU・さるsaru

monkey


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