# 狙

| 狙 | U+72D9, &#29401; 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 4721$_0$, composition ⿰犭且)
* an ape, monkey
* to spy, watch for
* 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
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 狙
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 (ju$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chir / chu / chi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jū
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^1$
*** Yale: jyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeoi$^1$
*** Yale: jēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir
*** Tâi-lô: tsir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
*** Tâi-lô: tsu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
*** Tâi-lô: tsi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su³³/
* 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 | ceoi$^1$ |
* 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
* ape, monkey, gibbon
    From: Liezi, 1st – 5th 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

### Compounds

* 狙伺
* 狙公
* 狙擊 / 狙击 (jūjī)
* 狙殺 / 狙杀 (jūshā)
* 狙獪 / 狙狯
* 狙詐 / 狙诈
* 猵狙

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* an ape, (in particular) a gibbon
* aiming at
* aiming for; in pursuit of something
* 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: [t͡ɕɘ(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [저(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 狙 (eumhun 원숭이 저 (wonsung'i jeo)) 狙 (eumhun 엿볼 저 (yeotbol jeo))
* hanja form of 저 (“monkey”)
* 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.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

狙: Hán Nôm readings: thư
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