鹿

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deer

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Formation & memory

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Pictograph (象形字)

A deer with an antlered head, two legs, and a tail

Components 广比 ? unknown part

deer · Heisig RSH #1462

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Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
指鹿作马	zhǐ lù zuò mǎ	to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
指鹿为马	zhǐ lù wéi mǎ	making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
鹿城区	Lù chéng Qū	Lucheng, a district of Wenzhou City 溫州市\|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
马鹿易形	mǎ lù yì xíng	to distinguish horse and deer easily; to know right from wrong
三鹿集团	Sān lù Jí tuán	Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 melamine pois…
摩鹿加群岛	Mó lù jiā Qún dǎo	Maluku Islands, Indonesia
鹿儿岛	Lù ér dǎo	Kagoshima, Japanese island prefecture off the south coast of Kyushu
大鹿	dà lù	moose
水鹿	shuǐ lù	sambar (Cervus unicolor)
鹿特丹	Lù tè dān	Rotterdam, port city in the Netherlands
马鹿	mǎ lù	red deer; fool; idiot (from Japanese "baka")
公鹿	gōng lù	stag; buck
三鹿	Sān lù	Sanlu (brand)
鹿城	Lù chéng	see 鹿城區\|鹿城区[Lu4 cheng2 Qu1]
巨鹿县	Jù lù Xiàn	Julu, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市\|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei
鹿角	lù jiǎo	antler; deer horn; abatis
鹿泉区	Lù quán Qū	Luquan, a district of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市\|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei
梅花鹿	méi huā lù	sika deer
逐鹿中原	zhú lù Zhōng yuán	lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom); fig. to attempt to seize the throne
长颈鹿	cháng jǐng lù	giraffe; CL:隻\|只[zhi1]

These characters use 鹿 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
鹿 sound part	lù	deer; surname
麓	lù	the base of a hill; foothill
辘	lù	windlass, pulley, capstan
漉	lù	to filter, to strain; dripping, wet
鏖	áo	to fight to the death; to engage in a fierce battle
簏	lù	box, basket