麈
zhǔ

species of deer

Components

鹿
鹿 Meaning component
lù deer

deer

主
主 Sound component
zhǔ master

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjoʔ

說文解字

麋屬。从鹿主聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)