麒 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「鹿」
道準1University / general ／ 19 strokes ／ Radical「鹿」
- On
- キ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- qilin; giraffe
Origin
Deer 鹿 with 其 as phonetic: the qilin, the mythical beast said to appear in a sage's age.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 麒麟きりん
giraffe; qilin
- 麒麟児きりんじ
child prodigy
Example
動物園で麒麟の長い首を見上げた。
At the zoo I looked up at the giraffe's long neck.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)