foot of hill

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 鹿 represents the sound.

Components
林 meaning component

  Meaning component

lín

  

forest

鹿 sound component

鹿  Sound component

  

deer

Evolution

麓 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
麓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
麓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

foot of hill; foothill; foot of a hill

Most common words with 麓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

山麓

foothills

foot of a hill

岳麓山

Mt Yuelu in Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng​shā], famous for scenery, temples and tombs

岳麓区

Yuelu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[Cháng​shā​shì], Hunan

麓湖公园

Luhu Park in central Guangzhou