sandpiper; snipe; shorebird (family Scolopacidae)
Refers to any bird in the sandpiper family, including curlews, godwits, snipes, and woodcocks. In everyday Japanese, シギ is the usual written form.
A sandpiper was pecking for food on the shore.
Among the sandpiper family are species like the common snipe and the Eurasian woodcock.
common sandpiper
spoon-billed sandpiper
green sandpiper
Katakana spelling is standard for this bird name; usually written in kana.
Alternate kanji form; rarely used.
Hiragana spelling, also common.
Kanji form; rarely used in practice.
The Japanese word しぎ is of native origin. The kanji 鷸 and 鴫 are both used for this bird, but the word itself is not derived from Chinese.