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Reading

Kana: リン
Romaji: rin
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe, bright, shining

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  23
Radical Number:  198
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-11-13
Korean Reading:  rin
Chinese Reading:  lin2
Unicode:  9e9f
JIS:  4E5B

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5383
New Nelson Index: 7028
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6b18.1
Four Corner Index: 0925.9
Japanese Names Index: 3000
Daikanwanjiten Index: 47690
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0922
Remembering the kanji Index: 2053
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1215
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1669
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2210
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2376

Words

麒麟 (きりん、キリン)
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); Kirin (brand of beer); horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
麒麟児 (きりんじ)
child prodigy; wonder child
麒麟菜 (きりんさい、キリンサイ)
Eucheuma muricatum (species of red algae)
麒麟竭 (きりんけつ、キリンケツ)
dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco); bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc.
獲麟 (かくりん)
the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings); one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)
麒麟座 (きりんざ)
Camelopardalis (constellation); the Giraffe
麒麟草 (きりんそう、キリンソウ)
Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)
麒麟羚羊 (きりんれいよう、キリンレイヨウ)
gerenuk (Litocranius walleri); Waller's gazelle
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