Japanese Advent Calendar 2022 🎄 🇯🇵

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Dec11

Kanji in Ascending Stroke Order
Strokes:11

鹿

Kun: しか、 か
On: ロク

Words of the day: 馴鹿となかい (reindeer), 馬ば鹿か馬ば鹿かしい (absurd, ridiculous, foolish), 紅葉もみじに鹿しか (match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; sika deer and maple leaves (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting)​

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鹿 means deer, so it’s a very Christmassy word, I thought. It’s a Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4. It’s JLPT level N1 and WK level 36.

Here’s a video of Japanese Calligrapher Takumi writing it along with 馬:

Japanese Kanji Lesson | This Kanji is often used but cannot be explained to most Japanese

Here’s the stroke order:

And variations: