猎
獵liè
#1,685 most
frequent character
hunting
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
猎 uses 犭 dog as the meaning part and 昔 liè for the sound. Its first meaning was to hunt. From there it grew to chase and to hunting. The 昔 here stands for 巤 liè, not the usual xī 'former times'.
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