鷺

See also: 鹭

鷺	U+9DFA, 鷺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DFA

← 鷹
[U+9DF9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鷻 →
[U+9DFB]

鷺	U+F93A, 鷺 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F93A

← 魯
[U+F939]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

碌 →
[U+F93B]

Translingual

Han character

鷺 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 口口竹日火 (RRHAF), four-corner 6732₇, composition ⿱路鳥)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1501, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47362
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4664, character 9
Unihan data for U+9DFA

Unihan data for U+F93A

Chinese

trad.		鷺
simp.		鹭
alternative forms		鴼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鷺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (各) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
髂	*kʰraːɡs
路	*ɡ·raːɡs
輅	*ɡ·raːɡs
賂	*ɡ·raːɡs
虂	*ɡ·raːɡs
露	*ɡ·raːɡs
潞	*raːɡs
鷺	*raːɡs
璐	*raːɡs
簬	*raːɡs
簵	*ɡ·raːɡs
洛	*ɡ·raːɡ
駱	*ɡ·raːɡ
絡	*ɡ·raːɡ
酪	*ɡ·raːɡ
烙	*ɡ·raːɡ
雒	*ɡ·raːɡ
珞	*ɡ·raːɡ
硌	*ɡ·raːɡ
袼	ɡ·raːɡ, klaːɡ
笿	*ɡ·raːɡ
鉻	ɡ·raːɡ, kraːɡ
鮥	*ɡ·raːɡ
鵅	ɡ·raːɡ, kraːɡ
挌	ɡ·raːɡ, kraːɡ
落	*ɡ·raːɡ
各	*klaːɡ
胳	*klaːɡ
閣	*klaːɡ
格	klaːɡ, kraːɡ
擱	*klaːɡ
恪	*kʰlaːɡ
愙	*kʰaːɡ
貉	ɡlaːɡ, mɡraːɡ
狢	*ɡlaːɡ
佫	*ɡlaːɡ
略	*ɡ·raɡ
茖	*kraːɡ
骼	*kraːɡ
觡	*kraːɡ
蛒	*kraːɡ
敋	*kraːɡ
客	*kʰraːɡ
喀	*kʰraːɡ
揢	*kʰraːɡ
額	*ŋɡraːɡ
峉	*ŋɡraːɡ
頟	*ŋɡraːɡ
詻	*ŋɡraːɡ
垎	*ɡraːɡ
楁	*ɡraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːɡs) : phonetic 路 (OC *ɡ·raːɡs) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Etymology

Compare Khmer ក្រក (krɑɑk, “species of heron”), Thai ร้า (ráa, “species of heron”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nu⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lu⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): lu⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lu

(Meixian, Guangdong): lu⁴
Northern Min (KCR): lū
Eastern Min (BUC): lô
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁶ / liou⁶ / lu⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lù
  - Wade–Giles: lu⁴
  - Yale: lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
  - Palladius: лу (lu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nu⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lou⁶
  - Yale: louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu
  - Hakka Romanization System: lu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lu⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lū
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ou²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liao⁶ / liou⁶ / lu⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liău / liŏu / lŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau³⁵/, /liou³⁵/, /lu³⁵/

Note:

liao6/liou6 - vernacular;
lu6 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lu
  - MiniDict: lu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ləu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: luH

Rime
Character	鷺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	洛故切
Baxter	luH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/luo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/lo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɔ^H/
Li Rong	/lo^H/
Wang Li	/lu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/luo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鷺
Reading #	1/1
No.	3862
Phonetic component	各
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	路
Old Chinese	/*raːɡs/

Definitions

鷺

heron; egret

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鷺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Go-on: る (ru)
Kan-on: ろ (ro)
Kun: さぎ (sagi, 鷺)
Nanori: さぎ (sagi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鷺
さぎ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

サギ

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Egret

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Heron

Wikipedia

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Kojiki of 712.^[1]

Compare to Korean 새 (sae, “bird”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さぎ [sàgí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [sa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

鷺(さぎ) or 鷺(サギ) • (sagi)

[from 712] heron, egret
Synonyms: 青鷺 (aosagi, “heron, gray heron”), 白鷺 (shirasagi, “egret, white egret”)

Derived terms

白鷺(しらさぎ) (shirasagi): egret
黒鷺(くろさぎ) (kurosagi): Pacific reef heron
蒼鷺(あおさぎ) (aosagi): grey heron
五位鷺(ごいさぎ) (goisagi): black-crowned night heron

References

^ “鷺”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鷺 (eum 로 (ro), word-initial (South Korea) 노 (no))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鷺: Hán Nôm readings: lộ

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[KDJ2-1] “鷺”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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