# 麒

| 麒 | U+9E92, &#40594; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E92 |
| ← 麑 [U+9E91] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 麓 → [U+9E93] |

## Translingual
### Han character

麒 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈心廿一金 (IPTMC), four-corner 0428$_1$, composition ⿰鹿其)
* legendary auspicious animal

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1510, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47657
* Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4731, character 19
* Unihan data for U+9E92

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 麒 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 基 | *kɯ |
| 箕 | *kɯ |
| 朞 | *kɯ |
| 稘 | *kɯ |
| 萁 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 期 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 諅 | *kɯ, *ɡɯs |
| 其 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 錤 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 諆 | *kɯ, *kʰɯ |
| 欺 | *kʰɯ |
| 娸 | *kʰɯ |
| 魌 | *kʰɯ |
| 僛 | *kʰɯ |
| 唭 | *kʰɯs |
| 棋 | *ɡɯ |
| 旗 | *ɡɯ |
| 淇 | *ɡɯ |
| 祺 | *ɡɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 琪 | *ɡɯ |
| 騏 | *ɡɯ |
| 綦 | *ɡɯ |
| 麒 | *ɡɯ |
| 蜞 | *ɡɯ |
| 綨 | *ɡɯ |
| 蜝 | *ɡɯ |
| 棊 | *ɡɯ |
| 碁 | *ɡɯ |
| 鯕 | *ɡɯ |
| 踑 | *ɡɯ |
| 藄 | *ɡɯ |
| 櫀 | *ɡɯ |
| 璂 | *ɡɯ |
| 禥 | *ɡɯ |
| 惎 | *ɡɯs |
| 帺 | *ɡɯs |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qí (qi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kei$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khì
    (Hailu, HRS): ki
* Eastern Min (BUC): gì
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ki$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ji
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qí
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cí
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^2$
*** Yale: chí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kei$^4$
*** Yale: kèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kéi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰei̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì
*** Hakka Romanization System: ki$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ki$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ki
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gì
*** Sinological IPA : /ki⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
*** Tâi-lô: kî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ki$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ji
*** MiniDict: ji$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$jji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²³/
* Middle Chinese: gi
Rime :
| Character | 麒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠之切 |
| Baxter | gi |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiə/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭə/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 麒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9956 |
| Phonetic component | 其 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 其 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡɯ/ |

### Definitions

麒
* Only used in 麒麟 (qílín).

#### Compounds

* 舞麒麟 (wǔqílín)
* 麒麟 (qílín)
* 麒麟兒 / 麒麟儿 (qílín'ér)
* 麒麟座 (Qílínzuò)
* 麒麟楦 (qílínxuàn)
* 麒麟菜 (qílíncài)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぎ (gi)、ご (go)
* Kan-on: き (ki)

#### Compounds

* 麒麟(きりん) (kirin)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 麒 (MC gi). Recorded as Middle Korean 긔 (kuy) (Yale: kuy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 麒 (eumhun 기린 기 (girin gi))
* hanja form of 기 (“giraffe; qilin”)

#### Compounds

* 기린 (麒麟, girin)
* 기린과 (麒麟科, girin'gwa)
* 기린아 (麒麟兒, girina)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

麒: Hán Nôm readings: kì, kỳ
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