猟

See also: 獵

猟 U+731F, 猟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-731F ← 猞 [U+731E] CJK Unified Ideographs 猠 → [U+7320]

Translingual

Traditional	獵
Shinjitai	猟
Simplified	猎

Han character

猟 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹火竹弓 (KHFHN), four-corner 4221₇ or 4921₀, composition ⿰犭鼡)

1. hunt
2. field sports

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 714, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20512
• Dae Jaweon: page 1126, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1354, character 14
• Unihan data for U+731F

Japanese

Shinjitai	猟
Kyūjitai	獵

Kanji

猟

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 獵)

1. hunting, hunt

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←れふ (refu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←れふ (refu, historical)}
• Kun: かり (kari, 猟); かる (karu, 猟る)

Compounds

Compounds

• 禁(きん)猟(りょう) (kinryō): prohibition on hunting
• 狩(しゅ)猟(りょう) (shuryō): hunting
• 密(みつ)猟(りょう) (mitsuryō): poaching
• 猟(りょう)犬(けん) (ryōken): a hunting dog; a hound
• 猟(りょう)師(し) (ryōshi): a hunter
• 猟(りょう)者(しゃ) (ryōsha): a hunter
• 猟奇(りょうき) (ryōki)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
猟
りょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
獵 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 獵 (MC ljep).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りょー [ryóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

猟(りょう) • (ryō) ^{←れふ (refu)?}

1. hunting
2. game (animals that one hunts)

Synonyms

• 狩(かり) (kari)

Derived terms

• 漁(りょう) (ryō)