狙

Translingual

Han character

狙 (radical 94 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹月一 (KHBM), four-corner 4721₀)

1. an ape, monkey
2. to spy, watch for
3. to lie

References

• KangXi: page 709, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20347
• Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1339, character 8
• Unihan data for U+72D9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

狙 (Yale jeui1)

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Japanese

Kanji

狙 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょ (sho), そ (so)
• Kun: ねらう (nerau)

Compounds

• 狙撃 (そげき, sogeki) sniping

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Korean

Hanja

狙 (hangeul 저, 처, revised jeo, cheo, McCune-Reischauer chŏ, ch'ŏ, Yale ce, che)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

狙 (pinyin jū (ju1), mí (mi2), Wade-Giles chü¹, mi²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

狙 (thư)