Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Deer (lù) Character: You Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 1508, Entry 15 Archaic form. Pronounced you. According to the Analytical Dictionary of Chinese Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a doe. Composed of the female radical with the component for animal omitted. As referenced in the Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiao Ya: does move in herds.