鷸
kingfisher, snipe
Readings
On'yomi
- イツ
Kun'yomi
- しぎ
Meaning
鷸 centers on long-billed wading birds: the kingfisher and the snipe. Both are water birds with distinctive long beaks, so the character unites them under that shared visual idea.
Most common words using 鷸
20 of 23- 鷸しぎ
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
- アメリカ大杓鷸アメリカだいしゃくしぎ
long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
- アメリカ鰭足鷸アメリカひれあししぎ
Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
- メリケン黄脚鷸メリケンきあししぎ
wandering tattler (Tringa incana)
- 中杓鷸ちゅうしゃくしぎ
whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- 京女鷸きょうじょしぎ
ruddy turnstone (species of sandpiper, Arenaria interpres)
- 反嘴背高鷸そりはしせいたかしぎ
pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
- 反嘴鷸そりはししぎ
Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- 大地鷸おおじしぎ
Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
- 大杓鷸だいしゃくしぎ
Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
- 尾黒鷸おぐろしぎ
black-tailed godwit (species of sandpiper, Limosa limosa)
- 山鷸やましぎ
Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- 灰色鰭足鷸はいいろひれあししぎ
red phalarope; grey phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- 田鷸たしぎ
common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- 箆鷸へらしぎ
spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea)
- 襟巻鷸えりまきしぎ
ruff; reeve (species of sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax)
- 赤襟鰭足鷸あかえりひれあししぎ
red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- 赤足鷸あかあししぎ
common redshank (Tringa totanus)
- 青鷸あおしぎ
solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
- 鰭足鷸ひれあししぎ
phalarope (any sandpiper of family Phalaropodidae)
Study
Etymology
鷸 combines 鳥 (bird) with 矞, which likely contributes the sound. The character was created to name specific long-billed water birds.
Meaning mnemonic
The right side is 鳥 (bird), and the left side 矞 looks like a long spear-like beak piercing through something. Picture a kingfisher or snipe with that long beak hunting by the water.
Reading mnemonic
For イツ, imagine an itsy-bitsy snipe with a surprisingly long beak: itsy -> イツ, and the tiny bird is a snipe.