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狙

Aim
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingソ
Kun readingねら.う、ねら.い

Verbs with «狙»

狙う

Meanings

  1. aim
  2. aim atRtK
  3. shadow
  4. sight
  5. stalk
  1. to aim at (with a weapon, etc.)
  2. to be after (something or someone)
  3. to have an eye on
  4. to plan to make one's own
  5. to aim for

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pack of wild dogs · shelf · my bookshelves

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1917

Compound words

彼は小鳥を狙った。
He aimed at the bird.tatoeba
彼は今までの所自分の狙いを何も言っていません。
He has so far been silent about his intention.tatoeba
彼はひそかにあなたの財産を狙っていますよ。
He has designs on your property.tatoeba
村人たちは誰も兵士たちが彼らの村を狙っていることを知らなかった。
No one in the village knew that the soldiers were taking aim at their village.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

そんなくすぐりを狙って原作者は芝居を書いたのではなかった
そんなくすぐりをねらってげんさくしゃはしばいをかいたのではなかったThe original author did not write the play aiming for that kind of gag.
狙い通りに決まって気持ちいい
ねらいどおりにきまってきもちいいIt hit just right, and I felt great.
この構えはホームラン狙ってるな
このかまえはほーむらんねらってるなThis stance is going for a home run.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Aim at. ⺨ (beast) + 且 — an animal eyeing its prey. 狙う — aim.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 狙

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step