Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

狩: hunt, raid

Also: gather

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⺨ carries the meaning · 守 gives the sound

9 strokes

Four readings, and the words that use each

シュshu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 狩猟しゅりょうhunting

かるkaru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 狩場かりばhunting ground; hunting preserve

かりkari · kun'yomi

  • 狩りかりhunting; hunt; shooting

-がり-gari · kun'yomi

  • 潮干狩りしおひがり
  • 魔女狩りまじょがりwitch hunt (persecution of people accused…

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 狩人かりゅうどhunter

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Watch the wild beast stalking through the brush! These three quick strokes capture the energy of a four-legged animal on the prowl.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shòu

Same form: 狩 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
狩 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
狩 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shòu most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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