麓 – foot of a mountain

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The kanji 麓 means foot of a mountain. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ロク (roku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふもと (fumoto). It is written with 19 strokes, under radical 鹿 (no. 198).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ロク	roku
Kun’yomi	ふもと	fumoto

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 鹿 (Kangxi radical 198). Components: 鹿・比・木・广.

Words using 麓

麓ふもとfoot (of a mountain or hill)

Example sentences

山の麓に日が昇るが早いかただ一人山を登り始めた。

The sun had barely risen at the foot of the mountain when she set out alone up the slope.

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Kanji with the same radical

鹿麗

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