Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Deer (lù) Jia Kangxi Stroke Count: 20 Page 1511, Entry 04 Pronounced jia. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a male deer, which sheds its antlers at the summer solstice. According to the Literary Expositor (Erya), in the chapter Explaining Beasts, a male deer is called a jia. Also, the term jia refers to a short neck. Ma Rong, in the Rhapsody on the Long Flute (Changdi Fu), wrote: The cold bear shakes its chin, and the long fur of the male deer flutters. Textual verification: In Ma Rong's Rhapsody on the Long Flute, the phrase indicates the cold bear shakes its chin and the male deer's long fur flutters. According to the original text, the character hun has been corrected to the appropriate form.