Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "麈", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "麈", and master the standard way of writing the character "麈".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 麈
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "麈" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
麈 [zhǔ]
Definitions:
1. In ancient texts, refers to animals like deer, whose tails can be used to make a whisk (for dusting).
- 束鹿尾 (refers to "whisk" made from the tail).
2. 驼麈 (elk). Also known as 麋鹿 (sika deer). Commonly called "四不像" (Four Unlike).
3. 麈尾 (whisk made from the tail hair of麈) is an abbreviation.
Examples:
1. From 《文选·左思·蜀都赋》: "翦旄麈" (to cut the whisk and plume).
2. From 欧阳修《和圣俞聚蚊》: "抱琴不暇抚,挥麈无由停" (Holding the qin without time to play, waving the whisk without pause).
3. Usage:
- 挥麈 (to wave the whisk to dust off);
- 麈尾 (the whisk made from the tail hair of麈).