きりん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きりん – see the following entry.
【麒麟】
[noun] [from 720] 麒麟, 騏驎: (mythology, Chinese mythology) a qilin
[noun] [date unknown] 麒麟, 騏驎: (shogi) the kirin, a piece in chūshōgi and larger shogi variants
[noun] [from 1798] 麒麟, 騏驎, キリン: a giraffe (mammal)
Alternative spellings
騏驎, キリン
(This term, きりん (kirin), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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