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麒 kanji
Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe, bright, shining
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- 19
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- —麒麟Populargiraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
- —麒麟児child prodigy; wonder child
- —麒麟血dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco); bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc.
- —麒麟草Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)
- —麒麟菜Eucheuma muricatum (species of red algae)
- —麒麟座Camelopardalis (constellation); the Giraffe
- —木麒麟Barbados shrub (Pereskia aculeata); Barbados gooseberry; leaf cactus; lemonvine
- —麒麟羚羊gerenuk (Litocranius walleri); Waller's gazelle
- —マサイ麒麟masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii); maasai giraffe; Kilimanjaro giraffe
- —秋の麒麟草goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica)
- —深山秋の麒麟草European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea); woundwort
- —麒麟も老いぬれば駑馬に劣るeven an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old
- —麒麟竭dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco); bright red resin used in medicine, dyes, etc.
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