The kanji 鹿: meaning, readings and stroke order

鹿

Meaning: deer
On reading: —
Kun reading: しか shika、か* ka
Strokes: 11
Radical: 鹿 deer
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con hươu (lộc)
Japanese: しか。
Korean: 사슴 (녹·록)
Chinese: 鹿

Readings, words and example sentences

しか shika · kun reading

鹿しか
deer
奈良の公園で 鹿しかを見ました。
I saw deer at a park in Nara.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.