狙

jū
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macaque, to spy, to lie in ambush

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

狙 has 犭 animal as the meaning part and 且 qiě as a loose sound part. It first meant to lie in wait. That grew to spying, and also to a type of monkey.

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Homophones

居jū
to reside, to be (in a certain position)
据jū
used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]
车jū
war chariot (archaic)

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