(liè): hunting

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

Etymologically derived, dog. Its radical form (dog) appears in many related characters such as (gǒu, dog), (māo, cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])), (zhuàng, (bound form) form).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. hunting

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticdog

Decomposition: ⿰犭昔 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
liè rénhunter
dǎ lièto go hunting
liè wùprey
shòu lièto hunt
liè quǎnhound
liè shāto kill (in hunting)
liè qiānghunting gun
liè shǒuhunter
liè hù zuòOrion (constellation)
liè yīngfalcon
liè gǒuhunting dog
bǔ lièto catch (wild animals)
liè bàocheetah
liè qǔto hunt
tōu lièto poach
45
Total compounds
62
As first character
24
As last character
13
As middle character

appears in 45 compound words: 62 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 13 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

yīng
0.5934,386 co-occurrences
dào
0.5172,730 co-occurrences
bào
0.5172,502 co-occurrences
xiá
0.5011,566 co-occurrences
quǎn
0.5003,462 co-occurrences
0.4951,680 co-occurrences
0.4946,948 co-occurrences
shā
0.4634,902 co-occurrences
shǎng
0.4371,134 co-occurrences
qiāng
0.4251,794 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

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

人追踪,捕获物。

Lièrén zhuīzōng, bǔhuò lièwù.

Hunters track and capture prey.

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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

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. . . 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

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...中嬉戏超兴奋 饲主兴奋录影细看惊觉:在捕?

. . . 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

汤姆和玛丽鹿去了。

Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì liè lù qù le.

Tom and Mary went deer hunting.

Tatoeba

人跟着熊的踪迹。

Lièrén gēnzhe xióng de zōngjì.

The hunter followed the bear tracks.

Tatoeba

狮子在跟踪它的物。

Shīzi zài gēnzōng tā de lièwù.

The lion is stalking its prey.

Tatoeba

你见过雪豹在山上狩吗?

Nǐ jiàn guo xuěbào zài Shānshàng shòuliè ma?

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

Character Family

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 45 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 猎 (liè)?
Several characters share the pronunciation liè: 咧 (to draw back the corners of one's mouth), 列 (to arrange), 劣 (inferior), 烈 (intense, fierce), 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.