鹿
deer
Readings
On'yomi
- ロク
Kun'yomi
- しか
- か
Nanori
- しし
Meaning
鹿 centers on the animal deer, a hoofed mammal with antlers.
Most common words using 鹿
20 of 154- 馬鹿ばかN3
idiot; moron; fool
- 鹿児島かごしま
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
- 鹿しか
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
- 馬鹿げるばかげる
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
- 馬鹿馬鹿しいばかばかしいN2
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine; foolish
- 馬鹿野郎ばかやろう
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
- 鹿島アントラーズかしまアントラーズ
Kashima Antlers (Japanese pro soccer team)
- 鹿狩りししがり
hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
- 馬鹿らしいばからしいN2
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous; preposterous; laughable; ridiculous
- 小馬鹿こばか
fool; person beneath one's contempt
- 大鹿おおじか
large deer
- ヘラ鹿へらじか
moose (Alces alces); elk
- 馬鹿力ばかぢから
great physical power; animal strength
- 馬鹿ップルバカップル
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
- 小鹿こじか
fawn
- 牡鹿おじか
buck (male deer)
- 鹿の子かのこ
cloth dyed in a dappled pattern
- 鹿児島大学かごしまだいがく
Kagoshima University
- 蝦夷鹿えぞしか
Hokkaido sika (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika
- 馬鹿たればかたれ
blithering idiot; bloody fool; total moron; dimwit
Study
Etymology
鹿 is a pictograph of a deer, with the modern form showing antlers at the top, a body in the middle, and legs at the bottom.
Meaning mnemonic
The top strokes look like antlers, the middle boxed part is the body, and the lower strokes are the legs. Together they form a deer.
Reading mnemonic
For ロク, imagine a deer with a lucky rock tied to its antlers: rock -> ロク, and the deer carries it proudly.