狙 — aim at, sight, shadow

ねらう狙 aim at

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+72D9 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #745 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1917 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

aim at
sight
shadow
stalk

word

ねら nera Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

狙(ねら) う nerau to aim at 狙(ねら) い nerai aim

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

犭 dog/beast (left form)

かつ且 moreover

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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