Definitions
Etymology
Pictograph of a deer.
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The character "鹿" originated as a pictographic representation of a deer, with its form gradually stabilizing into the current configuration through historical clerical and楷书 standardization processes. Its structure is integral, acting as a single-unit character and a radical in the writing system without separable phonetic or semantic components in its modern guise. While the core meaning has consistently referred to the animal, the character developed a metaphorical layer in classical Chinese, notably in the idiom "逐鹿" where it symbolizes a object of contention or imperial authority, an extension from the literal pursuit of deer in hunting.
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树林里有一只鹿。
这只小鹿非常可爱。
鹿的角叫做鹿角。
我们在公园里看到了梅花鹿。
鹿茸是一种珍贵的中药材。
那只长颈鹿正在吃树上的叶子。
这座城市有一个著名的鹿苑供游客参观。
保护野生鹿群的栖息地非常重要。