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鴫
鴫
16 strokes

Meanings

snipe
(kokuji)

Readings

Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
しぎ

Common Words

しぎ
鷸
鴫
シギ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #77504
1

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

たしぎ
田鷸
田鴫
タシギ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #145226
1

common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

たましぎ
玉鴫
タマシギ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #272814
1

painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)

あおあししぎ
青足鴫
アオアシシギ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #295597
1

greenshank (species of sandpiper, Tringa nebularia)

しぎうなぎ
鴫鰻
シギウナギ
Noun
Usually kana
1

slender snipe eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus)

しゃくしぎ
杓鴫
尺鷸
シャクシギ
Noun
Usually kana
1

Rare term

curlew (any bird of genus Numenius)

おおじしぎ
大地鷸
大地鴫
オオジシギ
Noun
Usually kana
1

Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)

くりしぎぞうむし
栗鴫象虫
クリシギゾウムシ
Noun
Usually kana
1

chestnut weevil (Curculio dentipes)

せいたかしぎ
背高鴫
背高鷸
セイタカシギ
Noun
Usually kana
1

black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

2

stilt (any bird of family Recurvirostridae); avocet

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