qí
legendary auspicious animal
Phonosemantic compound. 鹿 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 麒
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
kylin | ||
kylin | ||
Qilin district, Qujing city, Yunnan | ||
Monoceros (constellation) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4703rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 19 |
Unicode | U+9E92 |
Shuowen | “麒，仁獸也。麋身，牛尾，一角。从鹿，其聲。” |
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