鹿 (luk6 | lu4) : deer; stag; doe

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鹿

luk6

lu4

[1] deer; stag; doe
[2] state power

Stroke count: 11

Level: 1

Radical: (#198)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鹿

This word has been viewed 9944 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Nov 2013 14:31

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長頸鹿 coeng4 geng2 luk6*2 chang2 jing3 lu4 = giraffe

馴鹿 seon4 luk6/6*2 xun4 lu4 = reindeer

鹿角 luk6 gok3 = antler, deer horn

大鹿 daai6 luk6*2 da4 lu4 = moose

馬鹿 maa5 luk6*2 ma3 lu4 = red deer; the exclamation "baka!" for idiot in Japanese

鹿尾 luk6 mei5 lu4 wei3 = deer tail (usu. refers to extract from a deer's sexual gland)

鹿尾巴 luk6 mei5 baa1 lu4 wei3 ba1 (Taiwan); lu4 wei3 ba5 (PRC) = deer tail (usu. refers to extract from a deer's sexual gland)

鹿茸 luk6 jung4 lu4 rong2 = pilose antler (of a young stag); deer velvet

鹿彈 luk6 daan6*2 = buckshot

捉到鹿唔識脫角 zuk1 dou3*2 luk6 m4 sik1 tyut3 gok3 zhuo1 dao4 lu4 wu2 shi2 (PRC) shi4 (TW) tuo1 jiao3 = to have a good opportunity but not know to grasp hold of it 粵

麋鹿 mei4 luk6*2 mi2 lu4 = elk

鹿皮 luk6 pei4 lu4 pi2 = buckskin, deerskin

鹿皮布 luk6 pei4*2 bou3 lu4 pi2 bu4 = chamois skin

巨鹿 geoi6 luk6*2 ju4 lu4 = Julu (place in Hebei)

獲鹿 wok6 luk6*2 huo4 lu4 = Huolu (place in Hebei)

鹿兒島縣 luk6 ji4 dou2 jyun6 lu4 er2 dao3 xian4 = Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan

指鹿為馬 zi2 luk6 wai4 maa5 zhi3 lu4 wei2 ma3 = distort facts

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+9e7f (off-site link)

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