狙

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

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

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
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

Compounds

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

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):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

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

Compounds

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

狙: Hán Nôm readings: thư

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