狙

狙 U+72D9, 狙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72D9 ← 狘 [U+72D8] CJK Unified Ideographs 狚 → [U+72DA]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		狙

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 狙
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
虘	*zaːl, *zaː
蔖	*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣	*rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓	*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚	*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝	*ʔsjaː
謯	*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐	*ʔsjaːʔ
抯	*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷	*ʔsjaːʔ
且	*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄	*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡	*sʰjaːs
查	*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤	*ʔsraː
樝	*ʔsraː
皻	*ʔsraː
渣	*ʔsraː
楂	*zraː
苴	*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租	*ʔsaː
蒩	*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖	*ʔsaːʔ
組	*ʔsaːʔ
珇	*ʔsaːʔ
靻	*ʔsaːʔ
粗	*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂	*zaː
殂	*zaː
麆	*zaːʔ, *zras
伹	*zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆	*ʔsa, *sʰa
沮	*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀	*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽	*sʰa
雎	*sʰa
狙	*sʰa, *sʰas
岨	*sʰa
砠	*sʰa
坥	*sʰa, *sʰas
刞	*sʰas
覰	*sʰas
覷	*sʰas
跙	*zaʔ
筯	*das
菹	*ʔsra
葅	*ʔsra
阻	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎	*ʔsraʔ
詛	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏	*zra, *zraʔ
豠	*zra
鋤	*zra
耡	*zra, *zras
齟	*zraʔ
助	*zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰa, *sʰas): semantic 犭 + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jū (ju¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chu / chir / chi / chhir / chhù

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zeoi¹
    • Yale: jēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir
    • Tâi-lô: tsir
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
    • Tâi-lô: tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhir
    • Tâi-lô: tshir
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù
    • Tâi-lô: tshù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhux
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjo

Rime
Character	狙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七余切
Baxter	tshjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɨə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰa/, /*sʰas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狙	狙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10423	10434
Phonetic component	且	且
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	疽	覰
Old Chinese	/*sʰa/	/*sʰas/
Notes		七餘切注又音

Definitions

狙

1. ape; monkey; gibbon; macaque

   • 宋有狙公者，愛狙，養之成群，能解狙之意。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宋有狙公者，爱狙，养之成群，能解狙之意。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

     Sòng yǒu jūgōng zhě, ài jū, yǎng zhī chéngqún, néng jiě jū zhī yì. [Pinyin]

     In Song there is an ape-keeper; he loves apes, raises them in troops, and can understand the apes' intents

2. to lie in wait for; to watch for

   狙擊／狙击  ―  jūjī  ―  to ambush

Compounds

• 狙伺
• 狙公
• 狙擊 / 狙击 (jūjī)
• 狙擊手 / 狙击手 (jūjīshǒu)
• 狙擊槍 / 狙击枪 (jūjīqiāng)
• 狙殺 / 狙杀 (jūshā)
• 狙獪 / 狙狯
• 狙獷 / 狙犷
• 狙詐 / 狙诈
• 猵狙

Japanese

Kanji

狙

(Jōyō kanji)

1. an ape, (in particular) a gibbon
2. aiming at
3. aiming for; in pursuit of something
4. waiting for an opening; awaiting one's chance

Readings

• Go-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)
• Kun: ねらう (nerau, 狙う, Jōyō)、ねらい (nerai, 狙い)

Compounds

• 狙(そ)撃(げき) (sogeki): sniping

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 狙 (MC tshjo). Recorded as Middle Korean 쳥 (Yale: chye) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɘ(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [저(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

狙 (eumhun 원숭이 저 (wonsung'i jeo))
狙 (eumhun 엿볼 저 (yeotbol jeo))

1. hanja form^? of 저 (“monkey”)
2. hanja form^? of 저 (“to peek”)

Compounds

• 저격 (狙擊, jeogyeok, “sniping”)
• 저격수 (狙擊手, jeogyeoksu, “sniper”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

狙: Hán Nôm readings: thư

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