麒 — Chinese character
麒
qí
mythical unicorn
- Pinyin
- qí
- Radical
- 198 ⿅ (Deer)
- Strokes
- 19
- Components
- 鹿 其
- Formation
- pictophonetic — deer; meaning component 鹿; sound component 其
- Japanese
- 麒 as a kanji
Common words with 麒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麒麟 | qí lín | (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe |
| 麒麟菜 | qí lín cài | eucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM) |
麒 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.