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獵

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇰🇷

猎

🇨🇳

猟

🇯🇵

hunt

HSK 10 N1

Human →Actions

liè

リョウ

かり、か.る

렵

Components

Traditional (獵)

犭 dog (side)+ 巤 a mane =

獵 hunt

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog (side)

dog

dog

巤 Phonetic component

liè a mane

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Simplified (猎)

犭 dog (side)+ 昔 times past =

猎 hunt

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog (side)

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

昔 Phonetic component

xī times past

formerly

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Japanese (猟)

犭 dog (side)+ 鼡 rat =

猟 hunt

犭

dog (side)

鼡

rat

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

獵

Regular

Modern

Chinese

猎 / 獵 [liè]

hunting

Japanese

猟りょう同音

noun

hunting; shooting
game; quarry

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

鹿は昔猟の獲物の主たるものだった。

Deer were once the main game.

Japanese Names

猟りょう

Ryō given name

CHINESE WORDS (41)

猎人 [lièrén] #5,213

猎物 [lièwù] #6,047

狩猎 [shòuliè] #6,629

打猎 [dǎliè] #5,999

猎杀 [lièshā] #8,382

to kill (in hunting)

猎枪 [lièqiāng] #8,778

猎犬 [lièquǎn] #8,219

猎手 [lièshǒu] #9,603

猎奇 [lièqí] #29,129

to hunt for novelty

猎户座 [Lièhùzuò] #10,888

Orion (constellation)

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JAPANESE WORDS (63)

⭐ 狩り [かり] #4,383

狩る [かる] #8,226

to hunt (animals)

⭐ 狩猟 [しゅりょう] #12,651

⭐ 狩人 [かりゅうど] #12,758

⭐ 猟犬 [りょうけん] #18,127

⭐ 猟師 [りょうし] #20,565

⭐ 猟 [りょう] #23,962

⭐ 猟銃 [りょうじゅう] #36,337

猟奇的 [りょうきてき] #40,069

curiosity-seeking

猟奇 [りょうき] #50,569

seeking the bizarre (abnormal, grotesque, etc.)

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KOREAN WORDS (3)

bizarrerie hunting

being widely read