狙 — Chinese character
狙
jū
monkey, ape; to spy, to watch for; to lie in ambush
- Pinyin
- jū
- Radical
- 94 ⽝ (Dog)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 犭 且
- Formation
- pictophonetic — animal; meaning component 犭; sound component 且
- Japanese
- 狙 as a kanji
Common words with 狙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狙击 (狙擊) | jū jī | to snipe (shoot from hiding) |
| 狙击手 (狙擊手) | jū jī shǒu | sniper; marksman |
| 狙刺 | jū cì | to stab from hiding |
| 猵狙 | piàn jū | mythical beast similar to an ape with dog's head |
English words written with 狙
狙 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 14
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.