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The character "狩" derives from the practice of hunting, integrating the semantic radical for "dog" (犬) with the phonetic component "守", which denotes guarding or patrolling, thus conveying the image of using dogs to track game or of a vigilant search through terrain. Historically, the term was specifically associated with seasonal or ceremonial hunts, often conducted in winter and serving purposes beyond mere subsistence, such as military training and asserting dominion over land. Over time, its application broadened from these organized pursuits to encompass hunting in a general sense, and later, by extension, it came to represent any meticulous search or pursuit, as seen in modern compounds and borrowed meanings where it implies tracking or capturing targets, whether literal or figurative.
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爸爸去狩猎了。
狩猎需要耐心。
他们计划周末去狩猎。
在古代，狩猎是重要的活动。
为了保护动物，禁止非法狩猎。
狩猎季节通常从秋天开始。
他们使用先进的工具进行狩猎。
狩猎不仅是为了获取食物，也是一种传统。