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鹿

鹿 U+9E7F, 鹿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E7F
← 鹾
[U+9E7E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 麀 →
[U+9E80]
⿅ U+2FC5, ⿅
KANGXI RADICAL DEER
← ⿄
[U+2FC4] 		Kangxi Radicals ⿆ →
[U+2FC6]
鹿 U+F940, 鹿
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F940
← 錄
[U+F93F] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 論 →
[U+F941]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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Radical 198 鹿

鹿 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈難心 (IXP), four-corner 00211, composition ⿸⿸广⿻コ⿰丨丨比)

  1. Kangxi radical #198, ⿅.

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1508, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47586
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2036, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4727, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9E7F

Chinese

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trad. 鹿
simp. # 鹿
alternative forms 𢉖
𮭱
 
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • Lĕ̤k (Eastern Min)
  • 鹿 (Classical)
  • 鹿 (Cantonese)
  • 鹿 (Written Standard Chinese?)
 
鹿

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 鹿
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (鹿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鄜 *pʰlo, *roːɡ
鹿 *b·roːɡ
漉 *roːɡ
轆 *roːɡ
簏 *roːɡ
螰 *roːɡ
麓 *roːɡ
騼 *roːɡ
摝 *roːɡ
廘 *roːɡ
蔍 *roːɡ
鏕 *roːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – a deer. Current form is highly abstracted – legs have transformed to 比 – note grouping of front and rear legs, which are bent – head has transformed to middle component (similar to 凸/曲), while antlers on top and extended lip/mouth on left transformed into 广. This transformation occurred during seal characters.

Contrast the very different development of 馬 (“horse”), and the transformation in 廌 (as in 薦), which has the head of 鹿 but the legs of 馬 (灬).

Etymology

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Uncertain, though possibly Sino-Tibetan (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Northern Naga *gjuk (“deer, sambar”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *g-rjuk (French, 1983); also according to French, Benedict relates the Tibeto-Burman item to Western Gurung [script needed] (gju, “sheep”), but this Gurung item may instead be related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luk (“sheep”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Within Chinese, Sagart (1999) relates this to 角 (OC *kroːɡ, “horn”).

Baxter and Sagart (2014; 2020) compares this to Langjia Buyang /ma⁰ lɔk⁸/. Note also Nùng klook (“deer”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • lĕ̤k - vernacular;
  • lṳ̆k - literary.
Note:
  • log4 - literary;
  • diag8 - vernacular.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 鹿
Mandarin Beijing /lu⁵¹/
Harbin /lu⁵³/
Tianjin /lu⁵³/
Jinan /lu²¹/
Qingdao /lu²⁴/
Zhengzhou /lu²⁴/
Xi'an /lu²¹/
Xining /lv̩⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /lu¹³/
Lanzhou /lu¹³/
Ürümqi /lu²¹³/
Wuhan /nəu²¹³/
Chengdu /nu³¹/
Guiyang /nu²¹/
Kunming /lu³¹/
Nanjing /luʔ⁵/
Hefei /luəʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /luəʔ²/
Pingyao /luʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /luəʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /loʔ¹/
Suzhou /loʔ³/
Hangzhou /loʔ²/
Wenzhou /lɤu²¹³/
Hui Shexian /lu²²/
Tunxi /ləu¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ləu²⁴/
Xiangtan /nəɯ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /luʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /luk̚⁵/
Taoyuan /luk̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /lok̚²/
Nanning /luk̚²²/
Hong Kong /luk̚²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /lɔk̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /løyʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /lu⁴²/
Shantou (Teochew) /tek̚⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /lok̚⁵/
/ʔdiak̚³/
Rime
Character 鹿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 屋 (3)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧谷切
Baxter luwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/luk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/luk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/luk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ləwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/luk̚/
Wang
Li 		/luk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/luk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		luk6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鹿
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ luwk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mə-rˁok/
English deer

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鹿
Reading # 1/1
No. 8565
Phonetic
component 		鹿
Rime
group 		屋
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		禄
Old
Chinese 		/*b·roːɡ/

Definitions

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鹿

  1. deer (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 頭／头 m)
  2. (literary or in compounds, figurative) political power
    鹿死誰手／鹿死谁手  ―  lùsǐshéishǒu  ―  who will gain supremacy?
  3. a surname

Synonyms

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  • (deer):
Dialectal synonyms of 鹿 (“deer”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 鹿
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鹿
Taxonomic name 鹿
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 鹿
Taiwan 鹿
Singapore 鹿
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 鹿
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 鹿
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 鹿
Xi'an 鹿
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 鹿
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 鹿子
Wuhan 鹿, 板鹿
Guiyang 鹿
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 鹿
Hefei 鹿
Cantonese Guangzhou 鹿
Hong Kong 鹿
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 鹿
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 鹿
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 鹿
Yangjiang 鹿
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鹿
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 鹿
Gan Nanchang 鹿
Pingxiang 鹿
Hakka Meixian 鹿仔
Dabu (Xihe) 鹿
Jiexi 鹿
Luhe 鹿仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鹿仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鹿仔
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 鹿
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 鹿
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 鹿仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鹿仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鹿
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鹿仔, 鹿
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鹿
Hong Kong 鹿
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 鹿
Senai (Huiyang) 鹿
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 鹿
Jin Taiyuan 鹿兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 鹿
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鹿
Southern Min Xiamen 鹿
Quanzhou 鹿
Jinjiang 鹿
Zhao'an 鹿仔
Dongshan 鹿
Taipei 鹿仔
Taipei (Wanhua) 鹿仔
New Taipei (Tamsui) 鹿, 鹿仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 鹿仔
New Taipei (Pingxi) 鹿
Kaohsiung 鹿仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 鹿仔
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 鹿仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 鹿
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 鹿仔
Yilan 鹿仔
Yilan (Toucheng) 鹿仔
Changhua (Lukang) 鹿仔
Taichung 鹿仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 鹿仔
Tainan 鹿
Tainan (Anping) 鹿仔
Taitung 鹿
Hsinchu 鹿仔
Kinmen 鹿仔, 鹿
Penghu (Magong) 鹿
Penghu (Xiyu) 鹿
Penang (Hokkien) 鹿
Singapore (Hokkien) 鹿
Manila (Hokkien) 鹿
Chaozhou 鹿
Bangkok (Teochew) 鹿
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 鹿
Leizhou 鹿
Puxian Min Putian 鹿
Central Min Yong'an 鹿
Wu Shanghai 鹿
Suzhou 鹿
Wuxi 鹿
Danyang 鹿頭
Hangzhou 鹿
Ningbo 鹿
Wenzhou 鹿
Jinhua 鹿
Xiang Changsha 鹿
Shuangfeng 鹿

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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鹿

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. deer

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
鹿
しか
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

/seka/ → /sika/

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 夫 (se, “male”) +‎ 鹿 (ka, “deer”), in contrast to 女鹿 (meka, “female deer”, archaic).[1][2]

First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鹿(しか) or 鹿(シカ) • (shika)  (counter 匹)

  1. deer
    奈(な)良(ら)公(こう)園(えん)には鹿(しか)しかいない。
    Nara kōen ni wa shika shika inai.
    There is nothing but deer in Nara Park.
  2. (historical) prostitute in the Osaka licensed quarter whose fee was 16 momme; the grade below the 太夫 (tayū), and the 天神 (tenjin)
    See also: Thesaurus:娼婦
Usage notes
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  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シカ.
Idioms
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Idioms
Descendants
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  • ⇒ English: sika deer

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
鹿
か
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鹿(か) • (ka) 

  1. (archaic) deer
Derived terms
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Derived terms

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
鹿
かせぎ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. From the resemblance to a 桛木 (kasegi, “cross-shaped spindle; a branching point in a tree”).

First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鹿(かせぎ) • (kasegi) 

  1. (archaic) deer
    • 1212: Hōjōki
      山鳥(やまどり)のほろと鳴(な)くを聞(き)きても、父(ちち)か母(はは)かと疑(うたが)ひ、峰(みね)のかせぎの近(ちか)くなれたるにつけても、世(よ)に遠(とお)ざかるほどを知(し)る。
      Yamadori no horo to naku o kikite mo, chichi ka haha ka to utagahi, mine no kasegi no chikaku naretaru ni tsukete mo, yo ni tōzakaru hodo oshiru.
      Hearing the horo call of the mountain pheasant, wondering if it were my father or mother [calling from beyond the grave], and seeing how the deer on the ridge are so tame that they come close by, all of it shows me how far away I am from the world.

Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
鹿
かのしし
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
鹿の肉
鹿肉

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 鹿 (ka, “deer”) +‎ の (possessive particle) +‎ 肉 (shishi, “meat, flesh”).[5][2]

First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[5]

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Noun

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鹿(かのしし) • (kanoshishi) 

  1. (archaic) deer
  2. deer meat: venison

Etymology 5

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Kanji in this term
鹿
しし
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
獣
猪

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sisi. Cognate with 肉 (shishi, “meat of a beast”).[6]

First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[6]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鹿(しし) • (shishi) 

  1. (archaic) a beast (used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)
  2. Short for 猪武者 (inoshishi musha): a reckless warrior
  3. Short for 鹿狩り (shishi-gari): a deer hunter
  4. (slang) a female attendant at a bathhouse or hot spring
  5. (slang, archaic) a female prostitute at a bathhouse or hot spring
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:娼婦
Usage notes
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  • The beast sense is more commonly spelled 獣.

Etymology 6

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Kanji in this term
鹿
ろく
Grade: 4
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 鹿 (MC luwk). Compare modern Min Nan reading lo̍k.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鹿(ろく) • (roku) 

  1. deer
  2. venison or wild boar meat

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “鹿”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 “鹿・鹿肉”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 “獣・猪・鹿”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[3] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 鹿 (MC luwk). Recorded as Middle Korean 록〮 (lwók) (Yale: lwok) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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鹿 (eumhun 사슴 록 (saseum rok), word-initial (South Korea) 사슴 녹 (saseum nok))

  1. hanja form? of 록/녹 (“deer”)

Compounds

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Compounds

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [4]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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鹿: Hán Nôm readings: lộc, lê

  1. chữ Hán form of lộc (“deer”).

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