狩
hunt, raid, gather
Readings
On'yomi
- シュ
Kun'yomi
- か.る
- か.り
- -が.り
Nanori
- かり
Meaning
狩 centers on the act of pursuing and capturing, whether animals in a hunt, spoils in a raid, or resources to gather.
Most common words using 狩
20 of 60- 狩りかり
hunting; hunt; shooting
- 狩猟しゅりょう
hunting
- 狩るかる
to hunt (animals)
- 狩人かりゅうど
hunter
- 鹿狩りししがり
hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
- 狩場かりば
hunting ground; hunting preserve
- 潮干狩りしおひがり
clam digging (at low tide); clamming; shellfish gathering
- 紅葉狩りもみじがり
autumn-leaf viewing; fall-leaf viewing
- 鷹狩りたかがり
falconry
- 赤狩りあかがり
communist witch-hunt; red-baiting; red scare
- 狩衣かりぎぬ
kariginu; informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards
- 魔女狩りまじょがり
witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft)
- ぶどう狩りぶどうがり
grape picking
- りんご狩りりんごがり
apple picking
- オヤジ狩りオヤジがり
street violence against middle-aged men
- キツネ狩りキツネがり
fox hunt; fox hunting
- キノコ狩りきのこがり
mushrooming; mushroom picking; mushroom gathering
- ボンタン狩りボンタンがり
bontan pants hunt; hunting down high school students to rob them of their puffy bontan (harem) pants
- 兎狩りうさぎがり
rabbit hunting
- 凸凹猛獣狩でこぼこもうじゅうがり
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Study
Etymology
狩 combines 犭 (dog/beast) with 守 (protect/guard), suggesting a dog used in guarding or hunting. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the association with hunting is clear.
Meaning mnemonic
A dog (犭) guarding (守) the forest while its master hunts, raids, and gathers.
Reading mnemonic
For シュ, imagine a hunter's shoe stepping silently through the woods: shoe -> シュ, and the dog guards the hunt.