麈

Information about character(s)

Radical: 鹿
Radical Strokes: 11
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 16

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhǔ
Cantonese: zyu2
JapaneseKun: OUJIKA
JapaneseOn: SHU SU
Korean: CWU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: species of deer

CE-Dict: leader of herd/stag

Soothill: A great deer, whose tail is used as a fly-whip; the use of which is forbidden to monks.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.dust; dirt
2.trace; trail
3.this world; ways of the world
4.vice; sensual pleasures
5.[Religion] (of Taoism) a lifetime

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《鹿部》麈麋屬。从鹿主聲。

康熙字典文字版 【亥集下】【鹿字部】麈
【唐韻】之庾切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】腫庾切，𠀤音主。【說文】麋屬。【埤雅】麈似鹿而大，其尾辟麈。【名苑】鹿大者曰麈，羣鹿隨之，視麈尾所轉而往，古之談者揮焉。【恩平郡譜】麈謂之荒，鹿謂之𡒔。【華陽國志】郪縣宣君山出麈尾。【司馬相如·上林賦】沈牛麈麋。

Han-De-Dict: Hirsch, Hirschbock (u.E.) (S, Bio)