麟

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see 麒麟[qi2 lin2]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

鹿 meaning “deer” + 粦 sound

Components 鹿粦

Chinese unicorn · Heisig RSH #2916

鹿 deer + jack-o’-lantern

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
凤毛麟角	fèng máo lín jiǎo	lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between
麟游县	Lín yóu Xiàn	Linyou, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市\|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi
萨摩麟	Sà mó lín	Samotherium (early giraffe)
汤玉麟	Tāng Yù lín	Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德,…
麟经	Lín jīng	another name for the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
麟游	Lín yóu	see 麟遊縣\|麟游县[Lin2 you2 Xian4]
麟角凤觜	lín jiǎo fèng zuǐ	lit. qilin's horn, phoenix's mouth (idiom); fig. rara avis; rarity
麒麟区	Qí lín Qū	Qilin, a district of Qujing City 曲靖市[Qu3 jing4 Shi4], Yunnan
章炳麟	Zhāng Bǐng lín	Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual …
麒麟菜	qí lín cài	eucheuma, a type of red algae (used in TCM)
麒麟座	Qí lín zuò	Monoceros constellation
麒麟阁	Qí lín Gé	Qilin Pavilion, located in the Weiyang Palace, a hall decorated with portraits of famous o…
麒麟殿	Qí lín Diàn	see 麒麟閣\|麒麟阁[Qi2 lin2 Ge2]
谭咏麟	Tán Yǒng lín	Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor
麒麟	qí lín	(Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe
骐麟	qí lín	variant of 麒麟[qi2 lin2]

Characters sharing the sound component 粦 — compare how they read.