鹿: deer

 

鹿 lù

noun | radical
: deer
: family name

Kun Reading

鹿 | しか shika OR か ka

noun
: deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)

鹿 | しし shishi

noun
: (Archaism) beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)
: (Abbreviation) hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)

鹿 | かのしし kanoshishi

noun
: deer meat
: (Archaism) deer

鹿 | しかにく shikaniku

noun
: deer meat

 Usage:

鹿肉 lu4rou4: venison
[かのしし kanoshishi OR しかにく shikaniku: deer meat; venison]

雄鹿 xiong2lu4 buck; stag; Milwaukee Bucks (NBA team)
[おしか oshika OR おじか ojika: buck (male deer)]

公鹿 gong1lu4: stag; buck

坡鹿 po1lu4: Eld’s deer (Cervus eldii)
[endangered species indigenous to Southeast Asia

大鹿 da4lu4: moose [おおじか oojika: large deer
: moose; elk; red deer]

馬鹿 ma3lu4: red deer; fool; idiot
[うましか umashika OR ばか baka: (kana only) fool; idiot
: (kana only) trivial matter; folly; absurdity
: (kana only) foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous

長頸鹿 chang2 jing3 lu4: giraffe

[麒麟 | きりん kirin: (Usually written using kana alone) giraffe
: qilin (Chinese unicorn)
: Kirin (brand of beer)]

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | slang | proverb
学者馬鹿 |がくしゃばか gakusha baka
: (yoji) scholar who knows but little of the ways of the world

専門馬鹿 | せんもんばか senmon baka
: (yoji) person who is ignorant outside his field

大馬鹿者 | おおばかもの oobakamono
: (yoji) great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron

役者馬鹿 | やくしゃばか yakushabaka
: (yoji) good actor who is inept in all other matters; demon for acting who is utterly indifferent to all other concerns; skilled actor who knows little of life; person who excels in one occupation (profession) but lacks simple common sense

ワープロ馬鹿 | ワープロばか waapurobaka
: someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to over-reliance on the kana-to-kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer

小馬鹿にする | こばかにする kobakanisuru
: to treat someone with contempt; to look down on someone; to treat someone disparagingly; to downplay
: to scoff

馬鹿馬鹿しい | ばかばかしい bakabakashii
: absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine; foolish

馬鹿にできない OR 馬鹿に出来ない | ばかにできない baka ni dekinai
: someone (something) not to be trifled with

馬鹿にならない | ばかにならない Or バカにならない baka ni naranai
: something not insignificant; not to be sneezed at

馬鹿の一つ覚え | ばかのひとつおぼえ baka no hitotsu oboe
: He that knows little often repeats it

バカ女 OR 馬鹿女 | ばかおんな bak aonna
: (slang) (derogatory term) stupid girl; stupid woman

馬鹿と鋏は使い様 | ばかとはさみはつかいよう baka to hasami wa tsukai you
: Everything comes in handy when used right

正直者が馬鹿を見る | しょうじきものがばかをみる shoujiki mono ga baka o miru
: (proverb) honesty doesn’t pay

馬鹿も休み休み言え | ばかもやすみやすみいえ baka mo yasumi yasumi ie
: stop talking nonsense; don’t be ridiculous; give me a break

バカ安値 OR 馬鹿安値 | ばかやすね baka yasune
: (yoji) (obscure) (バカ安) ridiculously low price

馬鹿たれ OR 馬鹿垂れ | ばかたれ bakatare
: (derogatory term) (colloquialism) idiot; moron

鹿を追う者は山を見ず | しかをおうものはやまをみず shika o oumono wa yama o mizu
: (idiom) You cannot see the wood for trees

馬鹿に付ける薬は無い OR 馬鹿につける薬はない | ばかにつけるくすりはない baka ni tsukeru kusuri wa nai
: A born fool is never cured

桜切る馬鹿梅切らぬ馬鹿 | さくらきるばかうめきらぬばか sakura kiru baka ume kiranu baka
: (proverb) prune your plum trees, but not your cherry trees

馬鹿は死ななきゃ治らない | ばかはしななきゃなおらない baka wa shina nakya naoranai
: once a fool, always a fool

馬鹿野郎 OR バカ野郎 | ばかやろう OR バカヤロー bakayarou
: (colloquialism) (derogatory term) (yoji) idiot

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
馬鹿易形 ma3 lu4 yi4 xing2
: to distinguish horse and deer easily; to know right from wrong