Chinese symbol for “hunt”
狩猎
shòu liè
Traditional: 狩獵
to hunt; hunting
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hunt is 狩猎 (shòu liè), defined as: to hunt; hunting.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hunt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狩 | shòu | to hunt; to go hunting (as winter sport in former times) |
| 猎捕 (獵捕) | liè bǔ | to hunt; hunting |
| 猎取 (獵取) | liè qǔ | to hunt; (fig.) to seek (fame etc) |
| 捕猎 (捕獵) | bǔ liè | to catch (wild animals); to hunt |
| 田猎 (田獵) | tián liè | to hunt |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 狩猎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猎人 (獵人) | liè rén | hunter |
| 猎物 (獵物) | liè wù | prey; quarry |
| 打猎 (打獵) | dǎ liè | to go hunting |
| 猎鹰 (獵鷹) | liè yīng | falcon |
| 猎杀 (獵殺) | liè shā | to kill (in hunting) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hunt”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.