Word details

しぎ

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word しぎ.

Dictionary

Entry

しぎ鷸鴫シギNounUsually kanaFreq #77504
1

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

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

鷸

kingfisher, snipe

23 strokes

On

イツ

Kun

しぎ
鴫

snipe, (kokuji)

16 strokes

Kun

しぎ

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