Word Meaning 麒麟児

きりんじ kirinji

麒麟児 is read as きりんじ (kirinji) and means child prodigy.

Meaning

English

  1. child prodigy
  2. wonder child

Reading

Kana

きりんじ

Romaji

kirinji

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 50 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 153357 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

麒麟

きりん

giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

麒麟座

きりんざ

Camelopardalis (constellation)

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)

木麒麟

もっきりん

Barbados shrub (Pereskia aculeata)

深山秋の麒麟草

みやまあきのきりんそう

European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea)

マサイ麒麟

まさいきりん

masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii)

小児

しょうに

young child

育児

いくじ

childcare

Example Sentences

3

そのがかはてんさいてきなきりんじとよばれた。

That painter was called a child prodigy.

かのじょのさいのうはきりんじとひょうされるほどだ。

Her talent is so remarkable that she is described as a prodigy.

あのこはすうがくのきりんじとしてゆうめいだ。

That child is famous as a mathematical prodigy.