16 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

snipe, (kokuji)

Kun'yomi
  • sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Character Breakdown

snipe, (kokuji)
しぎ (Kentei Pre-1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
bird, chicken
とり チョウ とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ

References

Unicode hex code 9D2B
JIS X 0208 1-28-18
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3013
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6948
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46831
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5f11.1
Four corner code 6702.7