Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 路 represents the sound.
Components
鳥 Meaning component
bird
Notes
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Similar Characters
梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)鳳 male phoenix (trad)鳴 twitter (trad/jp)鳶 milvus (trad)鴂 the tailor-bird鴆 a bird resembling (trad)鴇 bustard (trad)鴈 wild-goose (archaic)鴉 raven (trad)鴒 species (trad)鴔 bird (trad)鴕 ostrich (trad)鴛 male mandarin duck (trad)鴞 owl (trad)鴟 owl (trad)鴣 species (trad)鴦 female mandarin duck (trad)鴨 duck (trad)
Historical Evolution
鹭
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹭
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鹭 / 鷺 [lù]
heron
Japanese
heron (Ardeidae)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鷺 さぎ
Sagi surname
鷺 さぎさき
Sagisaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (23)
白鹭 [báilù] #45,327
(bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta)
苍鹭 [cānglù] #49,392
(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
中白鹭 [zhōngbáilù]
(bird species of China) intermediate egret (Egretta intermedia)
夜鹭 [yèlù]
(bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
大白鹭 [dàbáilù]
(bird species of China) great egret (Ardea alba)
岩鹭 [yánlù]
(bird species of China) Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra)
斑鹭 [bānlù]
(bird species of China) pied heron (Egretta picata)
暗鹭 [ànlù]
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
朱鹭 [zhūlù]
ibis
棕夜鹭 [zōngyèlù]
(bird species of China) rufous night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
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JAPANESE WORDS (28)
白鷺 [しらさぎ] #48,340
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets)
鴇 [トキ] #90,313
Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon)
青鷺 [あおさぎ] #116,351
grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
五位鷺 [ごいさぎ] #141,475
black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
烏鷺 [うろ] #162,969
crows and herons
鷺草 [さぎそう] #208,335
fringed orchid (Pecteilis radiata)
大鷺 [ダイサギ] #230,318
great egret (Ardea alba)
鷺笛 [さぎふえ] #245,733
longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax)
公魚 [わかさぎ] #246,269
Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)
煩悩鷺 [ぼんのうさぎ] #271,356
yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
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