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)
bore with awl, bright, charming
イツ　イチ　シュツ
bird, chicken
とり　チョウ　とっ (2nd, N4)
crow, raven
からす　ウ　オ (Kentei Pre-1)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)

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