Chinese Character Wiki
鹿

lù

deer

Pictograph of a deer.

Evolution

鹿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
鹿 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
鹿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹿 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
鹿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鹿  

lù

deer; surname; KangXi radical 198

Most common words with 鹿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鹿

deer

长颈鹿

giraffe

麋鹿

Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangered

鹿角

antler

驯鹿

reindeer

Component uses

Meaning component in 9 characters (0 verified)

塵 麟 麝 麋 麒 麂 麇 麈 麃

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

麓 漉 辘 轆 鏖 簏

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

麗

Deleted component in 1 character (1 verified)

丽

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mə-rˤok

luwk

lù

deer


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.2150% of movies

2069th most common character in movies

2056th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+9E7F

Shuowen

“鹿，獸也。象頭角四足之形。鳥、鹿足相似，从匕。”


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