麋鹿

Chinese

		moose; river bank	deer
trad. (麋鹿)		麋	鹿
simp. #(麋鹿)		麋	鹿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mílù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ luk^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-lo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mílù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mílù
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-lu⁴
    • Yale: mí-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miluh
    • Palladius: милу (milu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ lu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ luk^6-2
    • Yale: mèih lúk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ luk^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ lug^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bî-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bilok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mij luwk

Rime
Character	麋	鹿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	東 (3)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	武悲切	盧谷切
Baxter	mij	luwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪ/	/luk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi/	/luk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ/	/luk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji/	/ləwk̚/
Li Rong	/mji/	/luk̚/
Wang Li	/mi/	/luk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi/	/luk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei4	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mr[i]j  mə-rˤok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mril  b·roːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	麋	鹿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mí	lù
Middle Chinese	‹ mij ›	‹ luwk ›
Old Chinese	/*mr[i]j/	/*mə-rˁok/
English	kind of deer	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	麋	鹿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9013	8565
Phonetic component	米	鹿
Rime group	脂	屋
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	眉	禄
Old Chinese	/*mril/	/*b·roːɡ/
Notes	甲文兼眉聲

Noun

麋鹿

1. elk
2. Père David's deer

Synonyms

• (Père David's deer): 四不像 (sìbùxiàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (麋鹿):

• → Japanese: 麋(び)鹿(ろく) (biroku)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麋	鹿
び Hyōgaiji	ろく Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 麋鹿 (*myi *luk). Compare modern Chinese 麋鹿 (mílù).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲiɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

麋(び)鹿(ろく) • (biroku) 

1. elk and deer
2. (figuratively) something rusticated and rural
3. (figuratively, humble) the quiet country life

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN