麟 — kanji meaning “Chinese unicorn”
麟
Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe, bright, shining
- Meanings
- Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe, bright, shining
- On'yomi
- リン (rin)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 24
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Classical radical
- 198
- Chinese reading
- lín — Chinese character page
Words with 麟
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麒麟 | きりん kirin | giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) |
| 麒麟児 | きりんじ kirinji | child prodigy; wonder child |
| 獲麟 | かくりん kakurin | the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings) |
| 麒麟血 | きりんけつ kirinketsu | dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco); bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc. |
| 麒麟草 | きりんそう kirinsou | Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum) |
| 麒麟菜 | きりんさい kirinsai | Eucheuma muricatum (species of red algae) |
| 麒麟座 | きりんざ kirinza | Camelopardalis (constellation); the Giraffe |
| 麒麟羚羊 | きりんれいよう kirinreiyou | gerenuk (Litocranius walleri); Waller's gazelle |
| 木麒麟 | もっきりん mokkirin | Barbados shrub (Pereskia aculeata); Barbados gooseberry; leaf cactus |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.