# 麋鹿
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mílù
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^4$ luk$^{6-2}$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-lo̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mílù
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mílù
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^2$-lu$^4$
*** Yale: mí-lù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miluh
*** Palladius: милу (milu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³⁵ lu⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$迷路 麋鹿
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^4$ luk$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: mèih lúk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^4$ luk$^{9-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^4$ lug$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²¹ lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-lo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: bî-lo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bilok
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ lɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: mij luwk
Rime :
| Character | 麋 | 鹿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) | 屋 (3) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 武悲切 | 盧谷切 |
| Baxter | mij | luwk |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiɪ/ | /luk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚi/ | /luk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miɪ/ | /luk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mji/ | /ləwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /mji/ | /luk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mi/ | /luk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi/ | /luk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mí | lù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^4$ | luk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mr[i]j mə-rˤok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mril b·roːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 麋 | 鹿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mí | lù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mij › | ‹ luwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*mr[i]j/ | /*mə-rˁok/ |
| English | kind of deer | deer |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 麋 | 鹿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9013 | 8565 |
| Phonetic component | 米 | 鹿 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 眉 | 禄 |
| Old Chinese | /*mril/ | /*b·roːɡ/ |
| Notes | 甲文兼眉聲 | |

### Noun

麋鹿
* Père David's deer
* (informal) moose
* (informal) reindeer

#### Synonyms

* 四不像 (sìbùxiàng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 麋(び)鹿(ろく) (biroku)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 麋 | 鹿 |
| び Hyōgai | ろく Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 麋鹿 (*myi *luk). Compare modern Chinese 麋鹿 (mílù).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʲiɾo̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

麋(び)鹿(ろく) • (biroku)
* elk and deer
* (figuratively) something rusticated and rural
* (figuratively, humble) the quiet country life

### References

* Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN