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麒

麒 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 麒麟の雄。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「鹿」+音符「其」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe, bright, shining

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キ
Other languages
  • 拼音qi2
  • 한글gi
  • Hán-ViệtKì

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
鹿(しか)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9E92

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰鹿其

Words using this kanji

  • 麒麟きりん王が仁政を行うと現れるとされる中国の伝説上の動物。鳳凰、霊亀、応竜と共に四霊と総称されている。 傑出した人物。聖人や俊才。giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), qilin (Chinese unicorn), horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
  • 麒麟児きりんじ才知や技芸が特に優れた若者。child prodigy, wonder child
  • 麒麟血きりんけつdragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco), bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc.
  • 麒麟草きりんそうKamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)
  • 麒麟菜きりんさいミリン科の海藻の一属名。日本では四国以南に分布する。Eucheuma muricatum (species of red algae)
  • 麒麟座きりんざきりん座。Camelopardalis (constellation), the Giraffe
  • 麒麟羚羊きりんれいようgerenuk (Litocranius walleri), Waller's gazelle
  • 麒麟も老いぬれば駑馬に劣るきりんもおいぬればどばにおとるeven an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old

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