麒

麒 · qí

legendary auspicious animal

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qí
Cantonese
kei4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

legendary auspicious animal

Dictionary definitions & readings

麒 qí · used in 麒麟 qí lín

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74731.190:qí Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0895.080:qí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
292.170:qí Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qí粵kei4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キ ギ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
기:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
kì Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
渠之 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
IPTMC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0428.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1510.240 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
060.12 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0952b' Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9E92
Radical
鹿 · 198
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6408

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
麒
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
gi · 渠之 · 止開三平之群 · #192

PHONO-ML, source line 1596; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1550.302
kDaeJaweon
2039.010
kFennIndex
39.07
kGSR
0952b'
kHanYu
74731.190
kIRGDaeJaweon
2039.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74731.190
kIRGKangXi
1510.240
kKangXi
1510.240
kKarlgren
338
kMatthews
534
kMeyerWempe
1123h
kMorohashi
47657
kNelson
5380
kSBGY
060.12
kSMSZD2003Index
821.10
kCangjie
IPTMC
kFenn
102G
kFourCornerCode
0428.1
kHKGlyph
4706
kMojiJoho
MJ029801
kPhonetic
604*
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-7768
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C451
kIRG_JSource
J0-734A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D2F5
kIRG_KSource
K0-514B
kIRG_TSource
T1-795D
kIRG_VSource
V1-6D25
kRSUnicode
198.8
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
C451
kCCCII
216257
kCNS1986
1-795D
kCNS1992
1-795D
kEACC
216257
kGB0
8772
kGB1
8772
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kJis0
8342
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7784
kTGH
2013:6408
kTaiwanTelegraph
7784
kXerox
264:113
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7421+198.11.8
kCantonese
kei4
kDefinition
legendary auspicious animal
kFanqie
渠之
kHangul
기:0N
kHanyuPinyin
74731.190:qí
kJapanese
キ ギ
kJapaneseOn
KI GI
kKorean
KI
kMandarin
qí
kSMSZD2003Readings
qí粵kei4
kTGHZ2013
292.170:qí
kTang
ghiə
kVietnamese
kì
kXHC1983
0895.080:qí

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
7dictionary records using 麒0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
鹿 beside 其 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰鹿其$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰鹿其$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.