サルノコシカケ

さ

る

の

こ

し

か

け

Meanings

1

noun

polypore; bracket fungus

usually written using kana alone

Refers to woody shelf-like fungi, especially those in the family Polyporaceae, often found growing on trees. The name literally means 'monkey's stool'.

古ふるい木きの幹みきに大おお

きな

サルノコシカケ

が

生は

え

て

い

た

。

A large bracket fungus was growing on the trunk of the old tree.

サルノコシカケの仲なか間まには薬やく用ようになるものもある。

Some species of polypore are used medicinally.

Kanji

猿monkey
腰loins, hips, waist
掛hang, suspend, depend
胡barbarian, foreign
孫grandchild, descendants
眼eyeball

Related words

キノコ
Generic term for mushroom; サルノコシカケ is a specific type of woody, shelf-like fungus.

Built from

猿さる+腰こし掛かける

Written forms

猿さるの腰こし掛かけ
Kanji spelling literally meaning 'monkey's stool'; commonly used in field guides and formal contexts.
サルノコシカケUsage64%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is very common in everyday writing and popular science; usually written in kana.
さるのこしかけUsage36%
胡孫眼さるのこしかけ
Rare kanji spelling using characters for 'barbarian' and 'grandchild' and 'eye'; mostly found in older or specialized texts.

Etymology

From 猿 (さる, 'monkey') + の (possessive particle) + 腰掛け (こしかけ, 'stool'), literally 'monkey's stool', referring to the shelf-like shape that looks like a seat for a monkey.