猿
さる · saru · JLPT N3 · noun
monkey
🐒 saru sounds like Sorry! — the monkey says saru after stealing your snack
Sound-alike hook: saru is close to a clipped sorry. Etymology bonus: 猿 = 犭(animal radical) + 袁 (sound part, read en), so the on-reading is en, as in 類人猿 ruijin-en, ape. The everyday kun-reading is saru.