Word Meaning 木麒麟

もっきりん mokkirin

木麒麟 is read as もっきりん (mokkirin) and means Barbados shrub (Pereskia aculeata).

Meaning

English

  1. Barbados shrub (Pereskia aculeata)
  2. Barbados gooseberry
  3. leaf cactus
  4. lemonvine

Reading

Kana

もっきりん

Romaji

mokkirin

Writing Variants

  • 木麒麟 もくきりん mokukirin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 47 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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麒麟

きりん

giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

マサイ麒麟

まさいきりん

masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii)

深山秋の麒麟草

みやまあきのきりんそう

European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea)

麒麟座

きりんざ

Camelopardalis (constellation)

麒麟児

きりんじ

child prodigy

麒麟血

きりんけつ

dragon's blood palm (Daemonorops draco)

麒麟草

きりんそう

Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)

麒麟も老いぬれば駑馬に劣る

きりんもおいぬればどばにおとる

even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old

麒麟羚羊

きりんれいよう

gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)

麒麟菜

きりんさい

Eucheuma muricatum (species of red algae)

木綿

もめん

cotton (material)

木刀

ぼくとう

wooden sword