麟

lín

Radical: 鹿 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

麟 decomposes into the following components:

鹿 粦

Semantic component: 鹿; phonetic component: 粦.

Words containing 麟

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 麟.

骐麟
qí lín
variant of 麒麟[qi2 lin2]
麒麟
qí lín
qilin (mythical Chinese animal)
麟洛
lín luò
Linlo township in Pingtung county 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 xian4], Taiwan
麟游
lín yóu
Linyou county in Bǎojī 寶雞|宝鸡[Bao3 ji1], Shǎnxī
麟经
lín jīng
another name for the Spring and Autumn annals 春秋
汤玉麟
tāng yù lín
Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth
章炳麟
zhāng bǐng lín
Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
萨摩麟
sà mó lín
Samotherium (early giraffe)
谭咏麟
tán yǒng lín
Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor
麒麟区
qí lín qū
Qilin district, Qujing city, Yunnan
麒麟座
qí lín zuò
Monoceros (constellation)
麒麟殿
qí lín diàn

Related characters (radical 鹿)

Characters that share the radical 鹿.

廌 鹿 麀 麂 麃 麇 麈 麋 麑 麒 麓 麖 麗 麝

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