Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1785 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: hunt, raid, gather

Kunyomi: か.る か.り -が.り

Onyomi: シュ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: dog

Examples

Onyomi Examples

シュリョウ hunting

猟期 シュリョウキ hunting season

ジュンシュ Imperial visit

Kunyomi Examples

かる to hunt (animals), to search (for a criminal), to go looking for (flowers, etc.), to gather (mushrooms), to pick (berries)

かり hunting, harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit), picking, gathering

かりば hunting ground, hunting preserve

むしかり viburnum, Viburnum furcatum