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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
鹿 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿 +0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈難心 (IXP ), four-corner 00211 , composition ⿸⿸广 ⿻コ ⿰丨 丨比 )
Kangxi radical #198, ⿅ .
Derived characters
Appendix:Chinese radical/鹿
𬿚 , 𭊛 , 塶 , 㜙 , 𡼂 , 㦇 , 摝 , 漉 , 𤡊 , 𣊈 , 樚 , 𣩏 , 𪵡 , 熝 , 𤨞 , 膔 , 𥛞 , 𥉶 , 䃙 , 𮃨 , 䌒 , 𦗓 , 𦪇 , 螰 , 𧽥 , 蹗 , 轆 (辘 ), 𨢷 , 鏕 , 𩌫 , 騼 (𫠋 ), 𩪉 , 𩺮 , 𪒏 , 𪛓
鄜 , 𢿇 , 㼾 , 𥀔 , 𩔴 , 塵 , 𭗎 , 𦄐 , 𧐠 , 鏖 , 𩞇 , 𧜫 , 𪩏 , 蔍 , 䍡 , 𦌏 , 簏 , 𩅄 , 廘
References
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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Lĕ̤k (Eastern Min) 鹿 (Classical) 鹿 (Cantonese) 鹿 (Written Standard Chinese? )
鹿
Glyph origin
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
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 ( 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
Note :
lĕ̤k - vernacular;
lṳ̆k - literary.
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. * 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
鹿
deer (Classifier : 隻 / 只 m c mn ; 頭 / 头 m )
( literary or in compounds, figurative ) political power
鹿 死誰手/ 鹿 死谁手 ― lù sǐshéishǒu ― who will gain supremacy?
a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
鹿 (“deer”)
( political power ) : 政權 / 政权 (zhèngquán )
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
鹿
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji )
deer
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
/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
Noun
鹿( しか ) or 鹿( シカ ) • (shika ) (counter 匹 )
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.
( historical ) prostitute in the Osaka licensed quarter whose fee was 16 momme; the grade below the 太夫 ( tayū ) , and the 天神 ( tenjin )
Usage notes
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
Idioms
鹿( しか ) を逐( お ) う者( もの ) は山( やま ) を見( み ) ず ( shika o ou mono wa yama o mizu ) : “someone chasing a deer doesn't see the mountain” → a metaphor for how someone who is fixed on a target can be oblivious to the challenges in the way
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old Japanese . Found in the Man'yōshū , completed some time after 759 CE .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
鹿( か ) • (ka )
( archaic ) deer
Derived terms
Etymology 3
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
Noun
鹿( かせぎ ) • (kasegi )
( 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 , 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
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]
Pronunciation
Noun
鹿( かのしし ) • (kanoshishi )
( archaic ) deer
deer meat : venison
Etymology 5
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
Noun
鹿( しし ) • (shishi )
( archaic ) a beast ( used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer )
Short for 猪武者 ( inoshishi musha ) : a reckless warrior
Short for 鹿狩り ( shishi-gari ) : a deer hunter
( slang ) a female attendant at a bathhouse or hot spring
( slang , archaic ) a female prostitute at a bathhouse or hot spring
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:娼婦
Usage notes
The beast sense is more commonly spelled 獣 .
Etymology 6
From Middle Chinese 鹿 (MC luwk ). Compare modern Min Nan reading lo̍k .
Pronunciation
Noun
鹿( ろく ) • (roku )
deer
venison or wild boar meat
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “鹿 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2006
↑ 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
↑ 3.0 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
↑ 4.0 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
↑ 5.0 5.1 “鹿・鹿肉 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2006
↑ 6.0 6.1 “獣・猪・鹿 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2006
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 鹿 (MC luwk ). Recorded as Middle Korean 록〮 ( lwók ) (Yale : lwok ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
鹿 (eumhun 사슴 록 ( saseum rok ) , word-initial (South Korea) 사슴 녹 ( saseum nok ) )
hanja form? of 록 /녹 ( “ deer ” )
Compounds
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
鹿 : Hán Nôm readings: lộc , lê
chữ Hán form of lộc ( “ deer ” ) .
Compounds