Where does “赤鹿” come from?

赤鹿 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鹿, from Middle Chinese 鹿.

赤鹿 (Japanese): a red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Definitions

  1. a red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Ancestry of “赤鹿”, step by step

赤鹿 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鹿

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鹿deer; deer meat: venison; a beast
2Middle Chinese鹿—

via Japanese 赤

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese赤red; communism, socialism; a communist
Every word from Middle Chinese 鹿 →Every word from Japanese 鹿 →
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