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Kotomora

狩

hunt, raid, gather

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes9

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

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  • 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

    Africa Scream (film)

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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.