きりん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きりん – see the following entry.

【麒麟】 [noun] [from 720] 麒麟, 騏驎: (mythology, Chinese mythology) a qilin [noun] [date unknown] 麒麟, 騏驎: (shogi) the kirin, a piece in chūshōgi and larger shogi variants [noun] [from 1798] 麒麟, 騏驎, キリン: a giraffe (mammal) Alternative spellings 騏驎, キリン

(This term, きりん (kirin), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)