鷸

23 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

kingfisher, snipe

Kun'yomi
  • しぎ
    		sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
On'yomi
  • イツ

Main Radical

鳥(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

kingfisher, snipe
イツ　しぎ (Kentei 1)
halberd, arms, festival float
ム　ほこ　ボウ (7th, N1)
beforehand, previous, myself
ヨ　あらかじ.め　シャ (3rd, N3)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
light, clear, bright
ケイ　キョウ　ソウ (Kentei 1)
net radical(㓁) variant
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
bird, chicken
とり　チョウ　とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ

Common Words

いつ
鷸
ぼう
蚌
　
の
あらそ
争
　
い
fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does)
いつ
鷸
ぼう
蚌
a snipe and a clam
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References

Unicode hex code 9DF8
JIS X 0208 1-83-27
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 7003
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 47359
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11b12.4
Four corner code 1722.7