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麒 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「鹿」

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準1University / general ／ 19 strokes ／ Radical「鹿」
On
キき · ki
Kun
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Meaning
qilin; giraffe

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Deer 鹿 with 其 as phonetic: the qilin, the mythical beast said to appear in a sage's age.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 麒麟きりん

    giraffe; qilin

  • 麒麟児きりんじ

    child prodigy

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

動物(どうぶつ)園(えん)で麒麟(きりん)の長(なが)い首(くび)を見上(みあ)げた。

At the zoo I looked up at the giraffe's long neck.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 鹿Map of reading キAll maps

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