Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

deer

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “lu” becomes a different word in each tone. 鹿 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 大鹿dà lùmoose
  • 公鹿gōng lùstag; buck
  • 水鹿shuǐ lùsambar (Cervus unicolor)
  • 马鹿mǎ lùred deer; fool; idiot (from Japanese "baka")
  • 鹿角lù jiǎoantler; deer horn; abatis

Example Sentence

森林里有一只可爱的小鹿。Sēn lín lǐ yǒu yì zhī kě ài de xiǎo lù.There is a cute little deer in the forest.

森林Sēn línforestinsideyǒuto haveonezhīonly可爱kě àiadorabledeofxiǎosmall鹿deer