Chinese Character Wiki

麟

lín

female of Chinese unicorn

Components
鹿 meaning component

鹿  Meaning component

lù

  

deer

deer

粦 sound component

粦  Sound component

lín

  

will-o'-the wisp, phosphorus

Evolution

麟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
麟 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
麟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
麟 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
麟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

麟  

lín

female of Chinese unicorn; female unicorn; see 麒麟

麟 (麐) 

lín

variant of 麟[lín]

Most common words with 麟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

麒麟

kylin

麟

kylin

凤毛麟角

fig. few and far between

谭咏麟

Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor

麒麟区

Qilin district, Qujing city, Yunnan

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2752nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

23

Unicode

U+9E9F

Shuowen

“麟，大牝鹿也。从鹿，粦聲。”


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