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Kotomora

鷺

heron

StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes24

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

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  • 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)

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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.