Radical 198

鹿
197 ⿄ ◄	198	► ⿆ 199
Pinyin :	lù (= deer)
Zhuyin :	ㄌ ㄨ ˋ
Hiragana :	し か shika (= deer)
Kanji :	鹿 shika
Hangul :	사슴
Sinocorean :	록
Codepoint :	U + 9E7F
Stroke sequence :

Radical 198 , meaning “ deer ”, is one of six traditional radicals in Chinese script that are written with eleven strokes.

With 20 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it rarely appears in the lexicon. In the 40,000-character Kangxi dictionary, there are only 104 characters that can be found under this radical.

The mark already exists on the oracle bones . These archetypes clearly show the image of a deer. Today's lower component 比 emerged from the legs of this deer.

As a bearer of meaning, 鹿creates the context of meaning red deer and similar animals as in 糜 (= elk).

As a sound carrier, 鹿 appears in 漉 (= seep through) and 簏 (= bamboo basket).

Character combinations ruled by radical 198

Deer in the temple area of Nara

Strokes	character
+ 00	鹿
+ 02	麀 麁 麂
+ 04	麃 麄
+ 05	麅 麆 麇 麈
+ 06	麉 麊 麋
+ 07	麌 麍 麎 麏 麐
+ 08	麑 麒 麓 麔 麕 麖 麗
+ 09	麘 麙 麚 麛
+10	麜 麝
+11	麞
+12	麟
+13	麠
+14	麡
+17	麢
+20	麣
+22	麤

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 198 is coded under the code point number 12.229 (U + 2FC5).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 157 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 83 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 198  - Graphic representations of Radikal 198

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 198 on page 147