24 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

heron

Kun'yomi
  • heron (Ardeidae)
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

さぎ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

heron
さぎ ロ (Kentei Pre-1)
path, route, road
ロ みち -じ (3rd, N3)
leg, foot, be sufficient
あし た.りる ソク (1st, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
each, every, either
カク おのおの かか (4th, N2)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
bird, chicken
とり チョウ とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ

Common Words

heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets)
eastern reef heron
intermediate heron (Mesophoyx intermedia)
something indistinguishable or indistinct (like an egret in the snow)
Habenaria dentata (species of bog orchid)
game in which two people hop on one foot and push each other
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References

Unicode hex code 9DFA
JIS X 0208 1-26-77
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5369
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 7006
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3621
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2524
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2833
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2848
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2993
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 47362
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11b13.2
Four corner code 6732.7