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鹿

鹿 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “deer”. It is built from 广 (cave) and 比 (compare). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2154. It appears as a component in 6 other characters in this index.

Keyword

deer

RTK frame

2154

Strokes

11

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

ロク

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

しか, か

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

олень

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

鹿 deer

Decomposition

Characters that contain 鹿

• 麓 foot of a mountain
• 麗 lovely
• 麟 camelopard
• 漉 filter
• 塵 dust
• 麒 giraffe

How to find 鹿 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cave” + “compare”. 鹿 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鹿 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.