The kanji 猟 primarily means "hunting" or "to hunt." It refers to the act of pursuing and capturing wild animals for food, sport, or other purposes. It encapsulates the idea of actively seeking and taking game.

・On-yomi (音読み): リョウ (ryou) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): かり (kari) (to hunt)

⚫︎狩猟 (shuryou) Translation: Hunting ⚫︎猟師 (ryoushi) Translation: Hunter; huntsman ⚫︎密猟 (mitsuryou) Translation: Poaching

The kanji 猟 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). ⚫︎ The semantic component is 犭 (けものへん, kemonohen), which means "dog" or "animal." It provides the meaning related to animals. ⚫︎ The phonetic component is 㝴 (ryou), which gives a clue to the pronunciation. The character's structure suggests an animal (犭) being pursued or captured, thus relating to the act of hunting. Over time, the character evolved to its current form.