獵

A phono-semantic compound composed of:

犬 — semantic component meaning “dog; animal,” indicating hunting;

巤 — phonetic component indicating the sound (렵 / liè).

The character reflects hunting with dogs, a traditional method of hunting.

수렵 (狩獵) — hunting

렵장 (獵場) — hunting ground

Among Korean readings with -렵, this is one of the most commonly used characters.

The simplified Chinese character 猎 originally referred to a dog’s name or a kind of animal, but was later adopted as the simplified form of 獵.

Related characters with the same reading 렵 include:

鬣 — mane (very rare)

躐 — to step over (rare)