TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
鹿
ㄌㄨˋ · lù
noun — a deer
字源 FORM — what the parts do
鹿形a deer, drawn wholeantlers on top, the head and body in the middle, two legs (比) at the foot
A deer drawn whole: the branching antlers up top, the lean body, the legs left as 比 at the bottom. It carries meaning into its family — 麗 a deer with fine antlers (beauty), 塵 deer kicking up earth (dust), 麓 the deer's wooded foothills.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻鹿——頭頂兩支角，瘦長的身子，底下一對細腿（比）。
A deer — two antlers crowning the head, the lean body, a slim pair of legs (比) below.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鹿— a deer常用
→麋鹿、鹿茸— kinds of deer; deer antler常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension