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RTK #: 1999
Keyword: Deer
Japanese Keyword: しか
Parts: Cave广, Double Key, Compare比
Historical Radical: Itself
Contents
General Kanji Information
Name when used as Primitive
Story Versions
RevTK link: http://kanji.koohii.com/study/kanji/鹿
- The most popular story replaces double key with side order of salad for the tricky bit. Bambi wanders into a cave and sees a side order of salad and 2 spoons...but Deer's the main course?
Historical Radical Information
- This is Historical Radical 198, the Deer Radical. 部首198：しし.
Shape Related Kanji
Key is first introduced as a primitive at 1638.9. Deer is a historical radical, with few compounds. Confusingly, when it is used as a radical, it can be written as the entire character or abbreviated. It does sort of follow a rule of thumb like the Tiger primitive: Complete when written below, abbreviated when over others, but this is not regular.
Kanji that use this Primitive: 薦，麗，慶，漉，塵，麓，麟，麒,
Readings
Standard: ロク,か,しか
Although the reading カ is listed as a Japanese reading, in usage, か acts like a Chinese reading, only being used in compounds. Like many animal related Kanji, the compounds can be all Japanese readings, like 鹿革(しかがわ), 鹿児島（かごしま），or mixed, as in 馬鹿．
Non Standard:
Compounds(熟語)
Independent Usage: Yes. The Kanji is used by itself for the animal.
Compounds using special reading: 鹿威し
Rare Compounds:
