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狩 = 犭 + 守

狩 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hunt”. It is built from 犭 (pack of wild dogs) and 守 (guard). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 258.

Keyword
hunt
RTK frame
258
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
か.る, か.り, -が.り
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
охота
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
狩 winter hunting

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 犭 pack of wild dogs
  2. 守 guard

How to find 狩 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pack of wild dogs” + “guard”. 狩 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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