獵

See also: 猎 and 猟

獵 U+7375, 獵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7375 ← 獴 [U+7374] CJK Unified Ideographs 獶 → [U+7376]

獵 U+F9A7, 獵 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9A7 ← 簾 [U+F9A6] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 令 → [U+F9A8]

Translingual

Traditional	獵
Shinjitai	猟
Simplified	猎

Han character

獵 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 大竹女女女 (KHVVV), four-corner 4221₆, composition ⿰犭巤)

Derived characters

• 𧄵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 720, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20768
• Dae Jaweon: page 1132, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1376, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7375

• Unihan data for U+F9A7

Chinese

trad.		獵
simp.		猎*
alternative forms		獦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 獵
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (巤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鑞	*raːb
蠟	*raːb
邋	*raːb, *rab
臘	*raːb
臈	*raːb
擸	*raːb, *rab
擖	*kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
獵	*rab
躐	*rab
鬣	*rab
儠	*rab
犣	*rab
鱲	*rab
巤	*rab
獦	*klaːd, *rab

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rab): semantic 犭 + phonetic 巤 (OC *rab).

Etymology

to hunt

Zheng Xuan comments that "là [臘 (lɑp)] is a designation for the sacrifice made of animals which have been caught in a hunt liè (ljap)" (cited in Bodde, 1975 & Schuessler, 2007), thus considering 臘 (OC *raːb) & 獵 (OC *rab) cognates.

See 臘 for etymology.

turtle, tortoise

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-lip (“turtle, tortoise”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007). See there for cognates.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liè (lie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lip⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lia̍p

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liab⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h / lia̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lah⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸laq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liè
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴
    • Yale: lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lip⁶
    • Yale: lihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lia̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: liab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯ap̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /liap̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h / lia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h / lia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lah, liap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʔ⁴/, /liap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʔ²⁴/, /liap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʔ¹²¹/, /liap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laʔ⁴/, /liap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʔ⁴/, /liap̚⁴/

Note:

• la̍h - vernacular;
• lia̍p - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸laq
    • MiniDict: lah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵laq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /laʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: ljep

Rime
Character	獵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良涉切
Baxter	ljep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liap̚/
Li Rong	/liɛp̚/
Wang Li	/lĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lip6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*r[a]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rab/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	獵
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liè
Middle Chinese	‹ ljep ›
Old Chinese	/*r[a]p/
English	hunt
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獵
Reading #	1/1
No.	8150
Phonetic component	巤
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	獵
Old Chinese	/*rab/

Definitions

獵

1. to hunt (animals)
2. to hunt for; to pursue; to search for

   獵奇／猎奇  ―  lièqí  ―  to hunt for novelty

3. used in 獵獵／猎猎 (lièliè)
4. (obsolete) tortoise; turtle

   • 南龜曰獵屬 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     南龟曰猎属 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     nán guī yuē liè shǔ [Pinyin]

     The Southern kind of turtle is called liè

   • 龜，……，後弇諸獵，……。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     龟，……，后弇诸猎，……。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Erya, 5^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Guī,......, hòu yǎn zhū liè,....... [Pinyin]

     A tortoise with the carapace that protrudes backwards is called lie *r[a]p. (English translation from Valenti, 2018)

5. alternative form of 躐 (liè, “to trample”)

Compounds

• 伏獵 / 伏猎
• 佃獵 / 佃猎
• 出獵 / 出猎 (chūliè)
• 圍獵 / 围猎 (wéiliè)
• 射獵 / 射猎 (shèliè)
• 打獵 / 打猎 (dǎliè)
• 打獵鼓 / 打猎鼓
• 捕捉畋獵 / 捕捉畋猎
• 採獵 / 采猎
• 捷獵 / 捷猎
• 放獵 / 放猎
• 會獵 / 会猎
• 校獵 / 校猎
• 涉獵 / 涉猎 (shèliè)
• 游獵 / 游猎 (yóuliè)
• 漁獵 / 渔猎
• 漁獵時代 / 渔猎时代
• 漁經獵史 / 渔经猎史
• 灞陵夜獵 / 灞陵夜猎
• 狩獵 / 狩猎 (shòuliè)
• 狩獵法 / 狩猎法
• 獵人 / 猎人 (lièrén)
• 獵具 / 猎具
• 獵刀 / 猎刀 (lièdāo)
• 獵取 / 猎取 (lièqǔ)
• 獵圍 / 猎围
• 獵場 / 猎场 (lièchǎng)
• 獵奇 / 猎奇 (lièqí)
• 獵師 / 猎师
• 獵戶 / 猎户 (lièhù)
• 獵戶座 / 猎户座 (Lièhùzuò)
• 獵戶星座 / 猎户星座
• 獵手 / 猎手 (lièshǒu)
• 獵槍 / 猎枪 (lièqiāng)
• 獵殺 / 猎杀 (lièshā)
• 獵涉 / 猎涉
• 獵物 / 猎物 (lièwù)
• 獵犬 / 猎犬 (lièquǎn)
• 獵犬座 / 猎犬座 (Lièquǎnzuò)
• 獵狗 / 猎狗 (liègǒu)
• 獵獲 / 猎获
• 獵獵 / 猎猎 (lièliè)
• 獵裝 / 猎装
• 獵豔 / 猎艳 (lièyàn)
• 獵豹 / 猎豹 (lièbào)
• 獵較 / 猎较
• 獵食 / 猎食 (lièshí)
• 獵鳥 / 猎鸟 (lièniǎo)
• 獵鷹 / 猎鹰 (lièyīng)
• 田獵 / 田猎 (tiánliè)
• 畋獵 / 畋猎 (tiánliè)
• 盜獵 / 盗猎 (dàoliè)
• 羽獵 / 羽猎
• 行獵 / 行猎
• 見獵心喜 / 见猎心喜 (jiànlièxīnxǐ)
• 觀獵 / 观猎
• 訪獵 / 访猎
• 遊獵 / 游猎 (yóuliè)
• 野獵 / 野猎

Japanese

Shinjitai	猟
Kyūjitai	獵

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 獵

獵

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 猟)

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れふ (refu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れふ (refu, historical)}
• Kun: かり (kari, 獵)、かる (karu, 獵る)