Kirin

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Kirin
Japanese name
Kanji 麒麟
Hepburn Kirin
Korean name
Hangul 기린
Hanja 麒麟
Revised Romanization Girin
McCune-Reischauer Kirin

Kirin may refer to:

  • Kirin, the Japanese and Korean word for the Qilin, a mythical beast in Chinese culture and also the word for giraffe in the Ming Dynasty
  • Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd., a Japanese brewing company
    • Kirin Cup, a football tournament sponsored by the brewery
  • A playing piece in the Japanese boardgame Chu shogi and other shogi variants
  • Kirin, an older spelling of Jilin, a city and a province in Manchuria, in China
  • Kylin, a server operating system developed by the Chinese government.
Video and computer games
Cartoons and comics

[edit] See also

  • Keirin, a track cycling event