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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Kanji Mastery—Radical 198 (Deer)

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鹿

Radical 198—Deer

A selection from The New Nelson Japanese English Character Dictionary

Shika deer. At left: shika hen. As enclosure: (add another element below 鹿—see below). Nickname: Deer.

鹿ロクしか; deer.

麈　しゅ; reindeer, moose.

麋ビ　ミ; reindeer; water's edge; eyebrow.

麑ゲイこじか; fawn, young deer, Kagoshima.

麒キ; giraffe (麒麟—きりん; giraffe/麒麟児—きりんじ; young prodigy).

麗レン　ライ　うらら (か)な　うらわ (しい); beautiful, bright, clear.

麕キンのろ; roe deer.

麓ロクふもと; foot of a mountain.

麝ジャ; musk deer (麝香—じゃこう musk / 麝香鼠—じゃこうなずみ muskrat)

麤ソ; rough, coarse [1]

[1]The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (North Clarendon VT: Tuttle Publishing, 1997), 1220-1221.

All photos—Nara (Japan), May 2005

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