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Chinese surname · rank 447

鹿

鹿 is read as lù.

Pinyin

lù

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 鹿

Basic meaning

deer; Kangxi radical 198

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Xia-dynasty tradition, c. 2070-1600 BCE

Place: Wulu around Puyang, Henan in the Wei fief-name layer; Xianbei Aluhuan changed-surname context in Northern Wei; later Mongol and Zhuang layers treated separately.

Origin note

Lu/鹿 is not just the animal word. The main Han layer links the surname to Wulu, a fief connected with Wei-state nobility or officials near modern Puyang, later shortened to Lu. A second layer comes from Xianbei Aluhuan families changed to Lu under Northern Wei surname reforms. Other references add Mongol and Zhuang contexts, which are treated as separate later ethnic layers.

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