qilin

mystical Chinese creature
Thing mythical_hybrid Q14138
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qilin

Summary

qilin is a mythical hybrid[1]. qilin draws 1,627 Wikipedia views per month (mythical_hybrid category, ranking #3 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • qilin is in the country of China[3].
  • qilin is in the country of People's Republic of China[4].
  • qilin's image is recorded as Qilin in sancai tuhui.jpg[5].
  • qilin's image is recorded as Qilin.svg[6].
  • qilin's instance of is recorded as mythical hybrid[7].
  • qilin's instance of is recorded as class of mythical entities[8].
  • qilin's subclass of is recorded as mythical creature[9].
  • qilin's part of is recorded as Chinese mythology[10].
  • qilin's Commons category is recorded as Qilin[11].
  • qilin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hbf3[12].
  • qilin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Qilin[13].
  • qilin's Commons gallery is recorded as Qilin[14].
  • qilin's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15].
  • qilin's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • qilin's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/qilin[17].
  • qilin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '麒麟'}[18].
  • qilin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'kỳ lân'}[19].
  • qilin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '기린'}[20].
  • qilin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko-hani', 'text': '麒麟'}[21].
  • qilin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '麒麟'}[22].
  • qilin's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'mnc', 'text': 'ᡴᡳᠯᡳᠨ'}[23].
  • qilin's NE.se ID is recorded as qilin[24].
  • qilin's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 20029772[25].
  • qilin's Fandom article ID is recorded as karkadann:Qilin[26].
  • qilin's Fandom article ID is recorded as ru.fantasticbeings:Цилинь[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for qilin include Kylinxia[28], a fossil taxon[29] and Kirin Brewery[30], a brewery[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1885[33], headquartered in Nakano Shikinomachi[34].

Why It Matters

qilin draws 1,627 Wikipedia views per month (mythical_hybrid category, ranking #3 of 13).[2] qilin has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] qilin is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for qilin include Kylinxia[28], a fossil taxon[29] and Kirin Brewery[30], a brewery[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1885[33], headquartered in Nakano Shikinomachi[34].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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