狩り

かり · kari · JLPT N3 · noun

hunt

🏹🦌 狩 = 犭 beast + 守 guard; kari sounds like carry: carry home the catch

The left part 犭 is the animal radical, found in words about beasts and dogs. The right part 守 (mamoru, guard) gives the sound. Hunters went after beasts and then had to carry, kari, the catch home.

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