Memory phrase for the character: 狙

狙

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Meaning

to spy, to lie in ambush, macaque

Pronunciation

jū

Explanation

 Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on hind legs), right: in addition/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)

Mnemonic
 
The dog behind the pile of stone is in an ambush to spy.

Radicals

犭 wild animalShows in particular a wild dog on its hind legs.
且 and; moreover; yet




 Vocabulary

狙击手 jū jī shǒu  sniper; marksman
狙击 jū jī  to snipe (shoot from hiding)
狙刺 jū cì  to stab from hiding
狙刺 jū cì  

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