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鹿

Readings

Kana: ロク、しか、か
Romaji: roku, shika, ka
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: しし
Romaji: shishi
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

deer

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  198
Frequency:  957
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  3-3-8
Korean Reading:  rog
Chinese Reading:  lu4
Unicode:  9e7f
JIS:  3C2F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3126
Nelson Index: 5375
New Nelson Index: 7017
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3q8.5
Four Corner Index: 0021.2
Gakken Index: 1141
Japanese Names Index: 1823
Daikanwanjiten Index: 47586
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0904
Remembering the kanji Index: 1999
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1996
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2695
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 2018
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2154
Essential Kanji Index: 1999
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3879
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 556

Words

鹿 (しか、かせぎ、か、ろく、シカ)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)
(しし)
beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer); hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
馬鹿 (ばか、バカ)
fool; idiot; trivial matter; folly; absurdity; foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous; Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)
牡鹿 (おじか、おしか、おか)
buck (male deer)
大鹿 (おおじか、オオジカ)
large deer; moose; elk; red deer
鹿 (かのしし)
deer meat; deer
鹿毛 (かげ)
fawn colour; fawn-colored horse
小鹿 (こじか)
fawn
鹿追 (しかおい)
hinged bamboo water cup or trough, which makes a percussive sound periodically as it tips over
中原の鹿 (ちゅうげんのしか)
the aim (in a campaign)
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