Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

2172 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 24

Meaning: heron

Kunyomi: さぎ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: bird

Examples

Onyomi Examples

シラサギ heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets), white heron

ウロ crows and herons, black and white (esp. go stones), go (game)

Kunyomi Examples

さぎ heron (Ardeidae)

さぎごけ Miquel's mazus (species of small flowering plant, Mazus miquelii)

しらさぎ heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets), white heron

五位 ごいさぎ black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), night heron