麒
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Translingual
Han character
麒 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈心廿一金 (IPTMC), four-corner 04281, composition ⿰鹿其)
- legendary auspicious animal
References
- KangXi: page 1510, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47657
- Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4731, character 19
- Unihan data for U+9E92
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 麒 |
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 麒 | |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (其) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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基 | *kɯ |
箕 | *kɯ |
朞 | *kɯ |
稘 | *kɯ |
萁 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
期 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
諅 | *kɯ, *ɡɯs |
其 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
錤 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
諆 | *kɯ, *kʰɯ |
欺 | *kʰɯ |
娸 | *kʰɯ |
魌 | *kʰɯ |
僛 | *kʰɯ |
唭 | *kʰɯs |
棋 | *ɡɯ |
旗 | *ɡɯ |
淇 | *ɡɯ |
祺 | *ɡɯ, *ɡɯ |
琪 | *ɡɯ |
騏 | *ɡɯ |
綦 | *ɡɯ |
麒 | *ɡɯ |
蜞 | *ɡɯ |
綨 | *ɡɯ |
蜝 | *ɡɯ |
棊 | *ɡɯ |
碁 | *ɡɯ |
鯕 | *ɡɯ |
踑 | *ɡɯ |
藄 | *ɡɯ |
櫀 | *ɡɯ |
璂 | *ɡɯ |
禥 | *ɡɯ |
惎 | *ɡɯs |
帺 | *ɡɯs |
Pronunciation
Definitions
麒
- Only used in 麒麟 (qílín).
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
麒
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
- Go-on: ぎ (gi); ご (go)
- Kan-on: き (ki)
Compounds
- 麒麟 (kirin)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 麒 (MC ɡɨ). Recorded as Middle Korean 긔 (kuy) (Yale: kuy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource麒 (eumhun 기린 기 (girin gi))
- Hanja form? of 기 (“giraffe; qilin”).
Compounds
- 기린 (麒麟, girin)
- 기린아 (麒麟兒, girina)
- 기린과 (麒麟科, girin'gwa)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
麒: Hán Nôm readings: kì, kỳ
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