鹿 (lù): deer
鹿 (lù) is a Chinese character meaning “deer.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural) and 比 (structural). It ranks #2024 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 鹿 a deer with an antlered head, two legs, and a tail. Its radical form 鹿 (deer) appears in many related characters such as 麟 (lín, qilin (Chinese mythical creature)), 麓 (lù, foot of a hill), 麾 (huī, signal flag).
Definitions
- deer
Etymology & Origin
pictographicA deer with an antlered head, two legs, and a tail
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长颈鹿noun | cháng jǐng lù | giraffe |
| 驼鹿noun | tuó lù | elk |
| 麋鹿noun | mí lù | Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangered |
| 鹿角noun | lù jiǎo | antler |
| 鹿肉noun | lù ròu | venison |
| 鹿特丹proper-noun | lù tè dān | Rotterdam, port city in the Netherlands |
| 鹿死谁手phrase | lù sǐ shéi shǒu | lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom) |
| 梅花鹿noun | méi huā lù | sika deer |
| 三鹿 | sān lù | Sanlu (brand) |
| 鹿茸noun | lù róng | young deer antler prior to ossification (used in TCM) |
| 群雄逐鹿 | qún xióng zhú lù | great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom) |
| 指鹿为马phrase | zhǐ lù wéi mǎ | making a deer out to be a horse (idiom) |
| 指鹿作马 | zhǐ lù zuò mǎ | to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom) |
| 三鹿集团 | sān lù jí tuán | Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 melamine poisoning scandal |
| 马鹿易形 | mǎ lù yì xíng | to distinguish horse and deer easily |
鹿 appears in 47 compound words: 36 as the first character, 45 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 鹿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 鹿.
Example Sentences
梅花鹿在森林中漫步。
Méihuā lù zài sēnlín zhōng mànbù.
The sika deer strolls in the forest.
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lù gǎng lǎo jiē nián pò 萬 rén cì 稱 bà quán tái ! 網 . . .
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鹿兒島拚觀光!最新旅遊補助曝光「台灣人納入...
lù 兒 島 拚 觀 guāng ! zuì xīn lǚ 遊 補 zhù pù guāng tái 灣 rén 納 rù . . .
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米可白春節鹿港老街賣餅 累到雙耳耳鳴、聲音沙啞
mǐ kě bái chūn 節 lù gǎng lǎo jiē 賣 餅 lěi dào 雙 ěr ěr 鳴 聲 yīn shā 啞
Miko Bai sold pastries on Lukang Old Street during the Spring Festival, working so hard her ears rang and her voice became hoarse.
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lù 兒 島 補 zhù wài 國 遊 kè chéng dā xīn 幹 線 yǐn 爭 議 zhī shì . . .
Controversy over Kagoshima's subsidy for foreign tourists to ride Shinkansen:...
蚂蚁和长颈鹿是远亲。
Mǎyǐ hé chángjǐnglù shì yuǎnqīn.
Ants and giraffes are distant cousins.
汤姆和玛丽猎鹿去了。
Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì liè lù qù le.
Tom and Mary went deer hunting.
新生的长颈鹿摇晃着腿跌跌撞撞地走。
Xīnshēng de chángjǐnglù yáohuàng zhe tuǐ diēdiezhuàngzhuàng de zǒu.
The newborn giraffe stumbled around on rickety legs.
长颈鹿一脚可以踢死狮子。
Chángjǐnglù yī jiǎo kěyǐ tī sǐ shīzi.
A giraffe's kick could kill a lion.
Character Family
鹿 Radical Family — Characters sharing the deer radical
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