猎

See also: 獵

猎 U 730E, 猎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-730E ← 猍 [U 730D] CJK Unified Ideographs 猏 → [U 730F]

Translingual

Traditional	獵
Shinjitai	猟
Simplified	猎

Han character

猎 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬 8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹廿日 (KHTA), four-corner 4426, composition ⿰犭昔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 712, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20472
• Dae Jaweon: page 1125, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1351, character 11
• Unihan data for U 730E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
借	*ʔsjaːɡs, *ʔsjaːɡ
唶	*ʔsjaːɡs
藉	*zjaːɡs, *zjaːɡ
躤	*zjaːɡs
蜡	*zraːɡs, *sʰaːɡs
齰	*zraːɡs, *zraːɡ
醋	*sʰaːɡs
錯	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
措	*sʰaːɡs
厝	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
逪	*sʰaːɡ
剒	*sʰaːɡ
鵲	*sʰaɡ
碏	*sʰaɡ
踖	*sʰaɡ, *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
趞	*sʰaɡ
皵	*sʰaɡ, *sʰjaːɡ
舄	*sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ
斮	*ʔsraɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
簎	*zraːwɢ, *sʰraːɡ, *zjaːɡ
諎	*ʔsraːɡ
矠	*sʰreːɡ, *zreːɡ
庴	*ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
籍	*zjaːɡ
耤	*zjaːɡ
猎	*zjaːɡ
昔	*sjaːɡ
惜	*sjaːɡ
腊	*sjaːɡ
焟	*sjaːɡ
棤	*sjaːɡ

Etymology 1

Simplified from 獵 (巤 → 昔).

Etymology 2 and 3

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zjaːɡ) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) phonetic 昔 (OC *sjaːɡ).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 猎 – see 獵 (“to hunt; to hunt for; to pursue; to search for; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 獵).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		猎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, xí (xi¹, xi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²
    • Yale: syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjek

Rime
Character	猎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	秦昔切
Baxter	dzjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajk̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛk̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zjaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	猎
Reading #	1/1
No.	13307
Phonetic component	昔
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	籍
Old Chinese	/*zjaːɡ/
Notes	見山海經

Definitions

猎

1. (Chinese mythology) a kind of bear-like animal

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 猎 – see 㹱. (This character is a variant form of 㹱).