鹿 — Chinese character
鹿
lù
deer; surname
- Pinyin
- lù
- Radical
- 198 ⿅ (Deer)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 广 比
- Formation
- pictographic — A deer with an antlered head, two legs, and a tail
- Japanese
- 鹿 as a kanji
Common words with 鹿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鹿角 | lù jiǎo | antler; deer horn |
| 长颈鹿 (長頸鹿) | cháng jǐng lù | giraffe; 只 (zhī) |
| 驯鹿 (馴鹿) | xùn lù | reindeer |
| 麋鹿 | mí lù | Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangered |
| 雄鹿 | xióng lù | buck; stag |
| 逐鹿 | zhú lù | to pursue deer; fig. to vie for supremacy |
| 梅花鹿 | méi huā lù | sika deer |
| 驼鹿 (駝鹿) | tuó lù | moose (Alces alces) |
| 马鹿 (馬鹿) | mǎ lù | red deer; fool |
| 鹿茸 | lù róng | young deer antler prior to ossification (used in TCM) |
| 鹿肉 | lù ròu | venison |
| 公鹿 | gōng lù | stag; buck |
English words written with 鹿
鹿 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 7
- Hexagram 3
- Mencius 1A.2
- Mencius 1B.2
- Mencius 7A.16
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
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