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鹿

鹿 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （動物）しか。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。鹿を象る。「シカ」を意味する漢語｛鹿｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

deer

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ロク
Kun (native)
  • しかElem.
  • かElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • しし
Other languages
  • 拼音lu4
  • 한글rog
  • Hán-ViệtLộc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
鹿(しか)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9E7F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸广⿱⿻[:-1]〢コ比

Words using this kanji

  • 鹿しか（しか） 哺乳類 鯨偶蹄目 シカ科に属する動物の総称。比較的大型の枝分かれした角を有することが主要な特徴とされる。deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid
  • 鹿かのしし（しか） 哺乳類 鯨偶蹄目 シカ科に属する動物の総称。比較的大型の枝分かれした角を有することが主要な特徴とされる。venison, deer
  • 鹿追しかおいhinged bamboo water cup or trough, which makes a percussive sound periodically as it tips over
  • 鹿皮しかがわ鹿の皮革。しかがわ。deerskin
  • 鹿砦ろくさいabatis
  • 鹿肉しかにく鹿の肉。venison, deer meat
  • 鹿毛かげfawn colour, fawn-colored horse
  • 鹿子かこdeer, fawn
  • 鹿垣ししがきbranch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer, abatis
  • 鹿木しかぎsimple deer-hunting blind (horizontal branches and brushwood)
  • 鹿垣しがきsimple deer-hunting blind (horizontal branches and brushwood)
  • 鹿猪しかいのししbabirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
  • 鹿猿しかざるearthenware toy portraying a monkey sitting on top of a deer (often a bell)
  • 鹿杖かせづえforked stick
  • 鹿茸ろくじょう鹿の生え変わったばかりの角を乾燥させたもの。漢方として利用される。pilose antler (used in traditional Chinese medicine), velvet antler
  • 鹿の子かのこcloth dyed in a dappled pattern, pattern of white spots, dapples, mochi containing red bean paste
  • 鹿の角しかのつのantler
  • 鹿野苑ろくやおん（仏教）波羅奈国にあった林園で、釈迦が悟りを開いた後、初めて説法した初転法輪の地。Magadaava (where Buddha delivered his first sermon), The Deer Park
  • 鹿威しししおどしwater-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied (orig. used for keeping birds and wildlife away)
  • 鹿尾菜ひじきhijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-8
Four Corner
0021.2
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3q8.5
Heisig
2154
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5375