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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 麒

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
麒 qí - used in 麒麟[qi2lin2]

List Ranking for: 麒

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 42,910 31,461

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 鹿 其

Radical:

鹿

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

其

Semantic:

鹿

Hint:

Deer

Other Words Containing 麒

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
麒麟 - - 24,383 18,546 18,505