黒鷺

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
黒	鷺
くろ Grade: 2	さぎ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
黑鷺 (kyūjitai)

黒 (kuro, “black”) +‎ 鷺 (sagi, “heron; egret”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) くろさぎ [kùróságí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞sa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

黒(くろ)鷺(さぎ) • (kurosagi)

Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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