麒

qí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 麒麟) qilin, a mythical auspicious beast

Examples

HSK 6
Rénmen chēng jiéchū de háizi wéi qílín'ér.
People praise an outstanding child as a prodigy of the family.
HSK 7-9
Chuánshuō zhōng, qílín shì shèngrén jiànglín de xiángruì.
In legend the qilin is an auspicious creature whose appearance signals a sage.

Tips

culture
Occurs only in 麒麟 ('qilin'), a benevolent mythical beast with the body of a deer, scales, and a single horn. Its appearance was said to herald a sage or a peaceful age.

Components

radical
鹿 lù
deer
Deer, the radical on the left. The qilin was imagined with a deer-like body, so the deer radical fits, the same family as its partner 麟.
phonetic
其 qí
its; that; phonetic
Supplies the sound qí with an exact match. It is purely phonetic here; the same element gives 棋 (chess) and 旗 (flag).

Stroke Order

麒 qí