鹿
lù · HSK 7
deer
🦌 鹿 lù sounds like the 'loo' in Lucy who keeps a pet deer
鹿 is a pictograph of a deer, originally drawing its antlers, head, and legs. The pronunciation lù rhymes with too — a deer that runs too fast to catch.
鹿 — pictograph of a deer with antlers, head, and legs
鹿 is a pictograph showing a deer in profile, with antlers on top, a body, and four legs. Oracle bone forms clearly depict the antlered head and slender body. It has meant 'deer' from earliest records and serves as a radical in many words for deer-like animals, such as 麒麟 (qilin).