麓

ふもと · fumoto · JLPT N2 · noun

foot

🦌🌲 麓 = 林 (forest) over 鹿 (deer): deer live in the forest at the foot of a mountain

The bottom part 鹿 is deer and the top part 林 is forest, both at the lower slope of a mountain. Fumoto (ふもと) means the base of a mountain.

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