麒

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giraffe

On-Yomi: キ

Koohii stories:

1) [blannk] 30-10-2009(29): A giraffe is like a deer except that when it plays chess it has a better overview of the board.

2) [mcfate] 2-11-2007(10): A deer standing on a bushel basket still isn't tall enough to be mistaken for a giraffe.

3) [Peppi] 22-5-2009(6): A deer with a rook-shaped neck probably is a giraffe.

4) [gavmck] 16-3-2010(3): Think of those tribes who lengthen their necks with metal hoops. Well, giraffes were once deer which have lengthened their necks with discarded bushel baskets to allow them to reach the juiciest leaves way up top. Note: Combines with camelopard (#2053 麟) to give 麒麟・キリン .

5) [Meconium] 9-3-2010(3): "Rook, deer, it's a gilaffe!".

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