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麒

Chinese unicorn
Stroke count: 19

Readings

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. chinese unicorn
    王を得た麒麟もまた寿命を持たない生き物だが、この病ばかりは治癒の方法がない。A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.tatoeba
    絹本着色一休宗純像 成化21年張応麒賛Color painting on silk of portrait of Ikkyu Sojun inscribed ZHANG Yingqi and dated 1485wiki
  2. genius
  3. giraffeRtK
  4. bright
  5. shining
  1. giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
  2. qilin (Chinese unicorn)
  3. horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day

Radicals and components

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Compound words

麒麟きりん
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
麒麟血きりんけつ
dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco)
麒麟座きりんざ
Camelopardalis (constellation)
麒麟菜きりんさい
Eucheuma muricatum (species of red algae)
麒麟児きりんじ
child prodigy
麒麟草きりんそう
Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)
麒麟竭きりんけつ
dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco)
麒麟羚羊きりんれいよう
gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)
深山秋の麒麟草みやまあきのきりんそう
European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea)
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

Additional Examples

麒麟麦酒植物開発研究所にて初星/美山錦を交配.
Shokubutsu Kaihatu Kenkyusho of Kirin Brewery Company Limited cross-fertilized Hatsuhoshi/Miyama nishiki.wiki

Stroke Order

19 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 麒

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