鷺
heron
Readings
On'yomi
- ロ
Kun'yomi
- さぎ
Meaning
鷺 centers on a specific water bird: the heron. The character is used for the bird itself, with no major abstract extensions.
Most common words using 鷺
20 of 26- 鷺さぎ
heron (Ardeidae)
- 朱鷺じゅろ
Japanese crested ibis
- 白鷺しらさぎ
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron
- 青鷺あおさぎ
grey heron (Ardea cinerea); gray heron
- アフリカ黒朱鷺アフリカくろとき
African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
- 中鷺ちゅうさぎ
medium egret (Ardea intermedia); intermediate egret
- 五位鷺ごいさぎ
black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron
- 大鷺だいさぎ
great egret (Ardea alba); great white egret
- 大鷺草だいさぎそう
Habenaria dentata (species of bog orchid)
- 小鷺こさぎ
little egret (Egretta garzetta)
- 朱鷺草ときそう
pogonia (Pogonia japonica)
- 滑ら鷺草なめらさぎそう
Habenaria longitentaculata (species of bog orchid)
- 烏鷺うろ
crows and herons
- 烏鷺の争いうろのあらそい
game of go; playing go
- 煩悩鷺ぼんのうさぎ
yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
- 猩猩朱鷺しょうじょうとき
scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
- 琉球鷺草りゅうきゅうさぎそう
Habenaria longitentaculata (species of bog orchid)
- 箆鷺へらさぎ
common spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- 紫鷺苔むらさきさぎごけ
Miquel's mazus (species of small flowering plant, Mazus miquelii)
- 雪に白鷺ゆきにしらさぎ
something indistinguishable or indistinct (like an egret in the snow)
Study
Etymology
鷺 combines 路 (phonetic component, suggesting the sound) with 鳥 (bird), forming a phono-semantic compound for 'heron'.
Meaning mnemonic
The top part 路 (path) sits above 鳥 (bird). Picture a heron standing on a path by the water: 鷺 is that heron.
Reading mnemonic
For ロ, imagine a heron standing on a low branch over the water: low -> ロ, and the heron waits there.