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Kanji for Deer
The kanji for “deer” is 鹿, read roku and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
鹿
deer
The deer, sacred messengers of the gods in Nara.
11 strokes On reading ロク (roku) Kun reading しか、か (shika, ka) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: deer
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ka, shika, roku
In Japan it appears in about 108 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 鹿: Jessica 慈恵鹿
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