麟 — Chinese character
麟
lín
female unicorn
- Pinyin
- lín
- Radical
- 198 ⿅ (Deer)
- Strokes
- 23
- Components
- 鹿 粦
- Formation
- pictophonetic — deer; meaning component 鹿; sound component 粦
- Japanese
- 麟 as a kanji
Common words with 麟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麒麟 | qí lín | (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe |
| 凤毛麟角 (鳳毛麟角) | fèng máo lín jiǎo | lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between |
| 骐麟 (騏麟) | qí lín | variant of 麒麟 (qí lín) |
| 麒麟菜 | qí lín cài | eucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM) |
| 麟角凤觜 (麟角鳳觜) | lín jiǎo fèng zuǐ | lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom); fig. rara avis |
麟 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.