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Kanji Detail for 鹿 - "deer"

鹿

  • Meaning

    鹿 means "deer." Also associated with stag, gentle.

    1. Deer - A graceful, antlered animal.

    2. Stag - A male deer.

    3. Gentle - Mild and soft in nature.

  • Words using 鹿

    • 馬鹿らしい ばからしい Listen absurd; foolish; stupid

  • Four-character idioms with 鹿

    • 馬鹿慇懃 ばかいんぎん Listen overdone politeness; polite to a fault; feigned politeness

  • Tattoo check: 鹿

    • Verified meaning: deer
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read か, しか, しかざき, ろく)
    • Also carries these associations: stag, gentle

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 鹿

    Surnames 鹿(か)Listen 鹿(しか)Listen 鹿(しかざき)Listen 鹿(ろく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    deer

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    deer; surname; Kangxi radical 198

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    deer

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    deer; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    An animal name. Gentle in nature. Males grow branched antlers. They shed every year. One branch is added each year. Fur is tea-brown with white star-shaped spots. Colloquially called 梅花鹿 (plum blossom deer). Females have no antlers. Fur color is lighter.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    roku(ロク) ロク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka(か) か

    shika(しか) しか

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    鹿 (shika)

  • Related Keywords

    deer stag gentle granary antler buck doe fawn graceful herbivore forest nature calm peaceful

Sentences including 鹿

  • If i am a fool , you are another.

  • Stop making a fool of yourself.

  • I made an ass of him.

  • I am not so foolish as to lend him money.

  • The deer is three times as heavy as jane.

  • Don't have me on !

  • He's an absolute fool.

  • Tom knows better than to fight with you.

  • How silly of me !

  • Between us , he is a little foolish.

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