Kanji N1

猟: game-hunting, shooting, game

猟 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning game-hunting, shooting, game, written with 11 strokes. It is read リョウ (on) and かり, かる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 狩猟 (しゅりょう, hunting) and 密猟 (みつりょう, poaching).

猟

Meanings

  • game-hunting
  • shooting
  • game
  • bag
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1851 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • リョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かり
  • かる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 猟

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 狩猟しゅりょう

    hunting

  • 密猟みつりょう

    poaching

  • 猟りょう

    hunting; shooting

  • 猟銃りょうじゅう

    hunting gun (usu. shotgun or rifle)

  • 猟犬りょうけん

    hound; hunting dog; gun dog

  • 猟師りょうし

    hunter; huntsman

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.