Kanji 麟 Words: Meanings and Readings

きりん

giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

マサイきりん

masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii)

かくりん

one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)

みやまあきのきりんそう

European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea)

もくきりん

Barbados shrub (Pereskia aculeata)

きりんもおいぬればどばにおとる

even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old

きりんざ

Camelopardalis (constellation)

きりんさい

Eucheuma muricatum (species of red algae)

きりんじ

child prodigy

きりんそう

Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)

きりんけつ

dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco)

きりんれいよう

gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)