麓
foot of a hill
Closest English meanings
foot of hill·foot of mountain
The Calligrapher — Xiāo Zǐyún 萧子云
Liang calligrapher who created small-seal flying-white (feibai); famed for cursive and clerical script
南朝梁 calligrapher (), master of 飞白/cursive script — known for 创飞白书. Liang dynasty (Southern Dynasties)
Cultural Story
《説文解字》gives 麓 as “守山林吏也” (the officer who guards the mountain woods), a compound from 林 (forest) with the sound 鹿. By a closely related sense it means the foot of a mountain, the wooded slope where deer roam and foresters kept watch over the timber and game.
Common words & phrases
- 山麓 foot of mountain · mountain foot
- 林麓 forested foothill · woods at foot
Read the story behind the character
We hike the 山麓 (foot of the mountain) where trails begin, and 林麓 (forested foothill) marks the green belt at a peak's base. Real-estate ads praise villas “at the 麓” for cool air and views, turning an old forest-warden's word into a selling point for hillside living.
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