鹿(lù)

HSK 7-911 strokes

deer

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Character information

Pinyin
lù
Meaning
deer
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 鹿 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿸广⿱？比

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

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

广guǎng比bǐ

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write 鹿 step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 鹿

Common words using 鹿 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

sān三lù鹿

Sanlu (brand)

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gōng公lù鹿

stag; buck

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pō坡lù鹿

Eld's deer (Panolia eldii)

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sān三lù鹿jí集tuán团

Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 melamine p…

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jù巨lù鹿

see 巨鹿县

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zhǐ指lù鹿zuò作mǎ马

to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth

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zhǐ指lù鹿wéi为mǎ马

making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation

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méi梅huā花lù鹿

sika deer

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