猎 (liè): hunting

猎 (liè) is a Chinese character meaning “hunting.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 犭 (semantic) and 昔 (phonetic). It ranks #1673 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 猎 dog. Its radical form 犭 (dog) appears in many related characters such as 狗 (gǒu, dog), 猫 (māo, cat), 状 (zhuàng, (bound form) form).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. hunting

Etymology & Origin

猎

pictophoneticdog

Decomposition: ⿰犭昔 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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11

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
猎人nounliè rénhunter
打猎verbdǎ lièto go hunting
猎物nounliè wùprey
狩猎verbshòu lièto hunt
猎犬nounliè quǎnhound
猎杀verbliè shāto kill (in hunting)
猎枪nounliè qiānghunting gun
猎手nounliè shǒuhunter
猎户座proper-nounliè hù zuòOrion (constellation)
猎鹰nounliè yīngfalcon
猎狗nounliè gǒuhunting dog
捕猎verbbǔ lièto catch (wild animals)
猎豹nounliè bàocheetah
猎取verbliè qǔto hunt
偷猎verbtōu lièto poach
44
Total compounds
61
As first character
25
As last character
14
As middle character

猎 appears in 44 compound words: 61 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 猎 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

鹰yīng
0.5221,465 co-occurrences
豹bào
0.509834 co-occurrences
侠xiá
0.494522 co-occurrences
犬quǎn
0.4931,154 co-occurrences
渔yú
0.488560 co-occurrences
捕bǔ
0.4872,316 co-occurrences
盗dào
0.470914 co-occurrences
杀shā
0.4561,634 co-occurrences
赏shǎng
0.431378 co-occurrences
枪qiāng
0.419598 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

见猎心喜jiànlièxīnxǐHSK 7+

to see others doing what one used to love doing and therefore be eager to try doing it again

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Example Sentences

AI-Generated

猎人追踪,捕获猎物。

Lièrén zhuīzōng, bǔhuò lièwù.

Hunters track and capture prey.

It之家Mar 2026

...ISTALAND:华为广汽深度共创,首款猎装 GT7 亮相

. . . I S T A L A N D : huá wéi guǎng qì shēn dù gòng chuàng , shǒu kuǎn liè zhuāng G T 7 liàng xiāng

...ISTALAND: Huawei and GAC Collaborate Closely to Unveil the First GT7 Shooting Brake

LtnMar 2026

逐个锁定藏身处!以色列渗透情报猎杀伊朗安全人员

zhú gè suǒ dìng zàng shēn chǔ ! yǐ sè liè shèn tòu qíng bào liè shā yī lǎng ān quán rén yuán

Pinpointing hideouts one by one! Israeli intelligence operations target Iranian security personnel

GvmMar 2026

...gle媒体关系总监:建立人脉像耕作而非打猎

. . . g l e méi tǐ guān xì zǒng jiān : jiàn lì rén mài xiàng gēng zuò ér fēi dǎ liè

...Director of Media Relations: Building a network is like farming, not hunting

BastillepostMar 2026

...中嬉戏超兴奋 饲主兴奋录影细看惊觉:在捕猎?

. . . zhōng xī xì chāo xīng fèn sì zhǔ xīng fèn lù yǐng xì kàn jīng jué : zài bǔ liè ?

... The owner was excited to watch the video and was surprised: Hunting?

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

广角镜/点燃杂草赶猎物酿灾 屏市下“黑雪”

guǎng jiǎo jìng diǎn rán zá cǎo gǎn liè wù niàng zāi bǐng shì xià hēi xuě

Wide-angle lens/Ignite weeds to drive away prey and cause disasters under the screen city "black snow"

Tatoeba

汤姆和玛丽猎鹿去了。

Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì liè lù qù le.

Tom and Mary went deer hunting.

Tatoeba

猎人跟着熊的踪迹。

Lièrén gēnzhe xióng de zōngjì.

The hunter followed the bear tracks.

Tatoeba

狮子在跟踪它的猎物。

Shīzi zài gēnzōng tā de lièwù.

The lion is stalking its prey.

Tatoeba

你见过雪豹在山上狩猎吗?

Nǐ jiàn guo xuěbào zài Shānshàng shòuliè ma?

Have you ever seen a snow leopard hunt in the mountains?

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 犭 (dog) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced liè

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 猎 (liè) mean in Chinese?
猎 (liè) primarily means "hunting." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #1673 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 猎 and 借?
猎 (liè) and 借 (jiè) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 犭 vs 亻 (same 昔 component).
How many strokes does 猎 have?
猎 is written with 11 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 猎?
The radical associated with 猎 is 犭 (dog). This radical appears in many characters related to dog.
What are the components of 猎?
猎 is composed of: 犭 (semantic), 昔 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰犭昔 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 猎?
Common words with 猎 include: 猎人 (liè rén, "hunter"); 打猎 (dǎ liè, "to go hunting"); 猎物 (liè wù, "prey"); 狩猎 (shòu liè, "to hunt"); 猎犬 (liè quǎn, "hound"). There are over 44 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 猎 (liè)?
Several characters share the pronunciation liè: 列 (to arrange), 烈 (intense, fierce), 裂 (to split, to crack), 劣 (inferior), and 1 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 猎 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 猎 and the traditional form is 獵.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.