鷺 — kanji meaning “heron”
鷺
heron
- Meanings
- heron
- On'yomi
- ロ (ro)
- Kun'yomi
- さぎ
- Strokes
- 24
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2172 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 196
- Chinese reading
- lù — Chinese character page
Words with 鷺
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白鷺 | しらさぎ shirasagi | heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron |
| 朱鷺 | じゅろ juro | Japanese crested ibis |
| 青鷺 | あおさぎ aosagi | grey heron (Ardea cinerea); gray heron |
| 黒鷺 | くろさぎ kurosagi | eastern reef heron (Egretta sacra); Pacific reef heron |
| 大鷺 | だいさぎ daisagi | great egret (Ardea alba); great white egret |
| 五位鷺 | ごいさぎ goisagi | black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron |
| 鷺草 | さぎそう sagisou | fringed orchid (Pecteilis radiata); white egret flower; sagiso |
| 箆鷺 | へらさぎ herasagi | common spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) |
| 中鷺 | ちゅうさぎ chuusagi | medium egret (Ardea intermedia); intermediate egret |
| 煩悩鷺 | ぼんのうさぎ bonnousagi | yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) |
| 小鷺 | こさぎ kosagi | little egret (Egretta garzetta) |
| 烏鷺 | うろ uro | crows and herons |
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