猟 means “hunting (game)”

りょう · ryou

Also: game-hunting, shooting, game, bag

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かり, かる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

リョウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

A dog (犭) racing ahead of the hunters: 猟 is hunting game. A 猟師 still tracks deer and wild boar through Japan's mountains with a 猟銃, a hunting gun, and 密猟, hunting in secret, is poaching.

Used in 狩猟 (shuryou, hunting), 猟師 (ryoushi, hunter), and 猟銃 (ryoujuu, hunting gun)

More from Arms & the Hunt

• 捉 grasp
• 斬 slash
• 餌 bait
• 弾 bullet
• 射 shoot
• 獲 catch
• 銃 gun
• 甲 armor
• 網 net
• 砲 cannon
• 矢 arrow
• 剣 sword

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.