麒

qí
#4,681 most
frequent character
used in 麒麟[qi2lin2]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

麒 has 鹿 deer as its meaning part and 其 qí as its sound part. Its first sense was a lucky legendary beast with a deer's body, an ox's tail and one horn; it grew to mean the male unicorn.

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Homophones

HSK 3
骑qí
to ride (an animal or bike)
齐qí
together, uniform, neat, be level with
其qí
his, her, its, their, he, she, it
棋qí
chess
奇qí
strange, odd, weird, wonderful

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