猎

liè

hunting

dog (犭) + phonetic (昔) = hunting

The dog radical evokes the hunting dogs used to track and chase game. 昔 mainly contributes the sound liè; the meaning rests entirely with the animal beside it.

犭+昔→猎
昔FormerlyPhonetic
犭Dog (variant of 犬)Semantic

他们每年秋天都会去山里打猎。

tā men měi nián qiū tiān dōu huì qù shān lǐ dǎ liè。

They go hunting in the mountains every autumn.

这片森林里禁止猎杀野生动物。

zhè piàn sēn lín lǐ jìn zhǐ liè shā yě shēng dòng wù。

Hunting and killing wild animals is forbidden in this forest.

Words with 猎

偷猎

tōu liè

to poach

猎豹

liè bào

cheetah

猎手

liè shǒu

hunter

游猎

yóu liè

to go on a hunting expedition

侠盗猎车手

xiá dào liè chē shǒu

Grand Theft Auto (video game series)

出猎

chū liè

to go out hunting

偷猎者

tōu liè zhě

poacher

打猎

dǎ liè

to go hunting

捕猎

bǔ liè

to catch (wild animals); to hunt

渔猎

yú liè

fishing and hunting

涉猎

shè liè

to skim (through a book)

灰猎犬

huī liè quǎn

greyhound

More characters with 犭

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