The Chinese word 猎手 (lièshǒu), meaning "hunter", is a compound noun formed through semantic combination. The first character, 猎 (liè), means "to hunt" or "hunting", establishing the core action or field. The second character, 手 (shǒu), literally means "hand", but in this context, it functions as a nominalizing suffix meaning "a person skilled in" or "one who does" the action. Therefore, when combined, 猎手 directly and logically translates to "a hand (or person) of hunting", effectively denoting someone who hunts, or a hunter. This pattern is common in Chinese for forming agent nouns, similar to "-er" in English (e.g., "hunter", "player").