梅花鹿

méihuālù

noun #53,565

Measure Word

一只梅花鹿 zhī

Meanings

1 sika deer
2 spotted deer (Cervus nippon)

Characters

Examples

奈良公园里到处都是梅花鹿。

Nàiliáng gōngyuán lǐ dàochù dōu shì méihuālù.

Nara Park is full of sika deer.

梅花鹿背上的白斑像梅花。

Méihuālù bèishàng de báibān xiàng méihuā.

The white spots on a sika deer's back look like plum blossoms.

Tips

memory

Literally "plum-blossom deer" — the species gets its Chinese name from the constellation of white spots scattered across its back like 梅花 (plum blossoms).

Stroke Order

梅 méi

花 huā

鹿 lù