鹿 () — deer

Definition

Examples

  • 鹿
    Zhè tóu lù de jiǎo hěn dà.
    This deer has very large antlers.
  • 鹿
    Dōng tiān lù huì cóng shān shàng xià lái zhǎo shí wù.
    In winter, deer come down from the mountains to find food.
  • 鹿
    Nà zhī lù zài hé biān hē shuǐ.
    That deer is drinking water by the river.

Origin

Pictograph
六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíng

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

鹿 is a picture of a deer, with antlers, head, mouth, and bent legs; in the current form these parts are abstracted.

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