- 猟 — hunting; game hunting
- 狩猟 — hunting (with guns, traps, etc.)
- 密猟 — poaching; illegal hunting
- 猟犬 — hunting dog
- 猟師 — hunter; professional hunter
- 猟銃 — hunting rifle
The kanji 猟 combines the animal radical 犭 with the phonetic part 寮. 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 猟 for “searching for” jobs or information.