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麈 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「鹿」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「鹿」
On
シュ・スしゅ・す · shu · su
Kun
おおじかōjika
Meaning
a great deer; a whisk

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Deer 鹿 with 主, a master, as phonetic: the great deer that leads the herd; also the whisk made from its tail.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 麈尾しゅび

    a priest’s whisk

  • 麈おおじか

    a great deer

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

僧(そう)が麈尾(しゅび)を手(て)にする。

The monk takes up the whisk.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

麈尾麈尾tail麋an elk麌a stag麑a fawn麕a roe…麝a musk…戍to gua…侏short…炷a lamp…茱used…芻cut gr…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 鹿Map of reading シュAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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