猟

音読おんよみ: リョウ

訓読くんよみ:・か

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部首ぶしゅ: 犭(けものへん)

Meaning

Hunt / Game hunting / Pursue animals

  • りょう — hunting; game hunting
  • 狩猟しゅりょう — hunting (with guns, traps, etc.)
  • 密猟みつりょう — poaching; illegal hunting
  • 猟犬りょうけん — hunting dog
  • 猟師りょうし — hunter; professional hunter
  • 猟銃りょうじゅう — hunting rifle

The kanji combines the animal radical with the phonetic part . Together they suggest the idea of people and dogs moving out to pursue wild animals. In modern Japanese it appears in words about hunting in nature, and also in more abstract uses like りょう for “searching for” jobs or information.

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