"麒麟" meaning in Japanese

See 麒麟 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kʲiɾʲĩɴ] Forms: 麒麟 [canonical] (ruby: (), (りん)), 麒麟 [canonical] (ruby: 麒麟(キリン)), kirin [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 麒麟 (MC gi lin). First cited in Japanese to the Nihon Shoki of 720. The giraffe sense was probably based on a superficial resemblance between certain depictions of the mythical beast and the patterning and body shape of the real animal: a tailed, hoofed, and horned quadruped with a vaguely leopard-like spot pattern. First cited in Japanese to a text from 1798. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=きりん}} Old Japanese, {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=きりん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|麒麟}} 麒麟 (MC gi lin) Head templates: {{ja-noun|きりん|キリン}} 麒(き)麟(りん) or 麒麟(キリン) • (kirin)
  1. 麒麟, 騏驎: (mythology, Chinese mythology) a qilin
    Sense id: en-麒麟-ja-noun-IVdlEcms Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Chinese mythology, Mythological creatures, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 11 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 47 36 18
  2. 麒麟, 騏驎: (shogi) the kirin, a piece in chūshōgi and larger shogi variants
    Sense id: en-麒麟-ja-noun-UXG8Inu3 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Shogi, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Even-toed ungulates Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 22 13 4 23 7 10 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 58 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 59 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 11 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 64 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 58 6 Disambiguation of Even-toed ungulates: 26 48 26
  3. 麒麟, 騏驎, キリン: a giraffe (mammal) Synonyms: ジラフ
    Sense id: en-麒麟-ja-noun-EA7jx9yk Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 11 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 麒麟角 (kirinkaku) (ruby: (), (りん), (かく)), 麒麟閣 (KirinKaku) (ruby: (), (りん), (かく)), 麒麟菊 (kiringiku) (ruby: (), (りん), (ぎく)), 麒麟竭 (kirinketsu) (ruby: (), (りん), (けつ)), 麒麟座 (Kirin-za) (ruby: (), (りん), ()) (english: Camelopardalis), 麒麟菜 (kirinsai) (ruby: (), (りん), (さい)), 麒麟児 (kirinji) (ruby: (), (りん), ()) (english: rising star), 麒麟草 (kirinsō) (ruby: (), (りん), (そう)), 麒麟欄 (kirinran) (ruby: (), (りん), (らん)), 麒麟羚羊 (kirin reiyō) (ruby: (), (りん), (れい), (よう)) (english: gerenuk)
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          "ref": "2010 May 23, Gosho Aoyama, “FILE(ファイル).5(ご) [青](せい)[龍](りゅう) [FILE 5: Azure Dragon]”, in 名(めい)探(たん)偵(てい)コナン [Legendary Detective Conan], volume 68 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Sore wa dōbutsu no kirin! Mondai no kirin wa… Zenshin ga kiiroi uroko de ōwarete ite, sugata wa shika, ushi no o to uma no hizume o mochi, ryū ni nita atama kara ippon tsuno ga haete ru… Chūgoku no densetsu jō no shinjū da yo!",
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        {
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      "other": "きりん"
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    {
      "ipa": "[kʲiɾʲĩɴ]"
    }
  ],
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    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 麒麟 meaning in Japanese (7.8kB)

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