狩
狩 — Hunt
hunt, raid, gather
On’yomiシュ (shu)
Kun’yomiかる (karu)
Kun’yomiかり (kari)
Kun’yomi-がり (gari)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 狩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狩り | かり kari | hunting; hunt; shooting |
| 狩猟 | しゅりょう shuryou | hunting |
| 狩場 | かりば kariba | hunting ground; hunting preserve |
| 狩人 | かりゅうど karyuudo | hunter |
| 潮干狩り | しおひがり shiohigari | clam digging (at low tide); clamming; shellfish gathering |
| 魔女狩り | まじょがり majogari | witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft); witch hunt (persecution of people considered a danger to society) |
Study notes
狩 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1785 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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