狩 means “hunt, gather”

かる · karu

Also: raid

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かる, かり

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シュ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 9 strokes

The story

Picture a dog (犭) set to guard (守) the game: hunting with hounds. In Japan 狩り gathers more than game: いちご狩り is strawberry picking, and 紅葉狩り, hunting autumn leaves, is simply going out to admire them.

Used in 狩り (kari, hunting), 紅葉狩り (momijigari, autumn-leaf viewing), and 狩猟 (shuryou, hunting)

More from Arms & the Hunt

• 弓 bow (archery)
• 猟 hunting (game)
• 捉 grasp
• 斬 slash
• 餌 bait
• 弾 bullet
• 射 shoot
• 獲 catch
• 銃 gun
• 甲 armor
• 網 net
• 砲 cannon

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