麈

麈 · zhǔ

legendary species of deer

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhǔ
Cantonese
zyu2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

legendary species of deer

Dictionary definitions & readings

麈 zhǔ · leader of herd; stag

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74729.090:zhǔ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1512.020:zhǔ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
485.020:zhǔ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhǔ粵zyu2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シュ ス Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
之庾 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IPYG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0021.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1509.260 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
263.20 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9E88
Radical
鹿 · 198
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6163

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
麈
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsyuX · 之庾 · 遇合三上虞章 · #1362

PHONO-ML, source line 9718; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1549.504
kCowles
330
kDaeJaweon
2038.010
kFennIndex
95.03
kHanYu
74729.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
2038.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74729.090
kIRGKangXi
1509.260
kKangXi
1509.260
kMatthews
1345
kMeyerWempe
351d
kMorohashi
47616
kSBGY
263.20
kSMSZD2003Index
821.06
kCangjie
IPYG
kFenn
81K
kFourCornerCode
0021.4
kMojiJoho
MJ029789
kPhonetic
263
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7766
kIRG_HSource
HB2-ECAF
kIRG_JSource
J0-7347
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-9010
kIRG_KSource
K2-7372
kIRG_TSource
T2-5C3B
kRSUnicode
198.5
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
ECAF
kCCCII
235D4B
kCNS1986
2-5C3B
kCNS1992
2-5C3B
kEACC
235D4B
kGB0
8770
kGB1
8770
kJis0
8339
kMainlandTelegraph
7779
kTGH
2013:6163
kTaiwanTelegraph
7779
kXerox
276:310
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7418+198.11.5
kCantonese
zyu2
kDefinition
legendary species of deer
kFanqie
之庾
kHanyuPinyin
74729.090:zhǔ
kJapanese
シュ ス
kJapaneseKun
OUJIKA
kJapaneseOn
SHU SU
kKorean
CWU
kMandarin
zhǔ
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhǔ粵zyu2
kTGHZ2013
485.020:zhǔ
kXHC1983
1512.020:zhǔ

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 麈0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
鹿 wraps around 主 from the upper left · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿸鹿主$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸鹿主$(GHTJKP)

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