麒

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麒 U+9E92, 麒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E92
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Translingual

Han character

麒 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈心廿一金 (IPTMC), four-corner 04281, composition ⿰鹿其)

  1. legendary auspicious animal

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1510, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47657
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4731, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+9E92

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 麒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 麒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (其) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
基 *kɯ
箕 *kɯ
朞 *kɯ
稘 *kɯ
萁 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
期 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
諅 *kɯ, *ɡɯs
其 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
錤 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
諆 *kɯ, *kʰɯ
欺 *kʰɯ
娸 *kʰɯ
魌 *kʰɯ
僛 *kʰɯ
唭 *kʰɯs
棋 *ɡɯ
旗 *ɡɯ
淇 *ɡɯ
祺 *ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
琪 *ɡɯ
騏 *ɡɯ
綦 *ɡɯ
麒 *ɡɯ
蜞 *ɡɯ
綨 *ɡɯ
蜝 *ɡɯ
棊 *ɡɯ
碁 *ɡɯ
鯕 *ɡɯ
踑 *ɡɯ
藄 *ɡɯ
櫀 *ɡɯ
璂 *ɡɯ
禥 *ɡɯ
惎 *ɡɯs
帺 *ɡɯs

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 麒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠之切
Baxter gi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡɨ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡɨ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ɡiə/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kei4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 麒
Reading # 1/1
No. 9956
Phonetic
component 		其
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		其
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡɯ/

Definitions

麒

  1. Only used in 麒麟 (qílín).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

麒

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ぎ (gi); ご (go)
  • Kan-on: き (ki)

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 麒 (MC gi). Recorded as Middle Korean 긔 (kuy) (Yale: kuy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

麒 (eumhun 기린 기 (girin gi))

  1. Hanja form? of 기 (“giraffe; qilin”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

麒: Hán Nôm readings: kì, kỳ

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