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麟 — 24 strokes ／ Radical「鹿」

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On
リンりん · rin
Kun
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Meaning
qilin

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Deer 鹿 with 粦 as phonetic: the mythical beast, the qilin.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 麒麟きりん

    qilin; giraffe

  • 獲麟かくりん

    the very end (of a work or life)

More words with this kanji

  • 麒麟児きりんじ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

麒麟(きりん)は聖人(せいじん)の世(よ)に現(あらわ)れると伝(つた)えられる。

The qilin is said to appear in the age of a sage.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

獲麟麒麟麟獲seize麒qilin鹿deer麈a grea…麋an elk麌a stag麗lovely淋lonely琳beauti…綾twill燐phosph…鱗scales
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 鹿Map of reading リンAll maps

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