麟

23 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe, bright, shining

On'yomi
  • リン

Main Radical

鹿(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

リン 100.0%

Character Breakdown

Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe
リン (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
deer
か　しか　ロク (11th, N1)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
ko
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
compare, race, ratio
ヒ　くら.べる　い (5th, N2)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)
phosphorus
リン
rice, USA, metre
ベイ　こめ　マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
dancing radical (no. 136)
ブ　セン　まい (Kentei Pre-1)
evening
ゆう　セキ　ゆ (1st, N4)
sit or stand astride(跨) variant

Common Words

き
麒
りん
麟
じ
児
child prodigy
かく
獲
りん
麟
the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings) ②one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)
き
麒
りん
麟
けつ
血
dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco)
き
麒
りん
麟
ざ
座
Camelopardalis (constellation)
き
麒
りん
麟
　
も
お
老
　
い
　
ぬ
　
れ
　
ば
ど
駑
ば
馬
　
に
おと
劣
　
る
even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old
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References

Unicode hex code 9E9F
JIS X 0208 1-46-59
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5383
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 7028
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2376
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1215
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1669
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2053
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2210
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 3000
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 47690
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2280
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6b18.1
Four corner code 0925.9