Chinese symbol for “roebuck”
獐
zhāng
river deer; roebuck
The closest CC-CEDICT match for roebuck is 獐 (zhāng), defined as: river deer; roebuck.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 獐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 獐头鼠目 (獐頭鼠目) | zhāng tóu shǔ mù | lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom); fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking |
| 香獐子 | xiāng zhāng zi | musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.