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Chinese
Etymology
- mythic beast
- See 麒麟 (qílín)
- fine horse, steed
- (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From sense "qilin"?”)
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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騏
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gi ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(r)ə/
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| English
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black-mottled grey horse
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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騏
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驎
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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9954
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8207
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Phonetic
component
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其
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粦
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Rime
group
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之
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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其
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㷠
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡɯ/
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/*rin/
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| Notes
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見爾雅
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Noun
騏驎
- (literary) fine horse; steed
- Alternative form of 麒麟 (qílín)
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 騏驎 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 騏驎, is an alternative spelling (general use) of the above term.)
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