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鹿 means 'deer'
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On ロク
Name しし
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In parts of Japan (e.g., in Nara and Miyajima), deer are quite visible - so much so that oblivious people can't see the mountains for the deer, figuratively speaking. Because it's half of 馬鹿 (fool), this new Joyo kanji enables us to ridicule idiots (who have a contagious and incurable condition, by the way). As both a radical and an autonomous kanji, 鹿 appears in the names of several animals.
Essay 2025 on 鹿 (deer; 'deer' radical) covers this radical, which practically disappears in 麗 (lovely) and 麓 (foot of a mountain), the only two Jōyō kanji in which it plays a part (besides 鹿 itself).
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Radical Note for 鹿 ⇗
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 鹿 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 鹿 is used 125 times, read 3 ways (with 3 variations).
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noun
deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)(click the word for examples and links)
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しか
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noun
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)(click the word to view an additional 3 readings and 2 forms, examples and links)
しか
(read as じか)
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noun
sika deer (Cervus nippon); sika; spotted deer; Japanese deer (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
か
(read as が)
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noun
1. branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer2. abatis
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An additional 16 less common words include 鹿 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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