Word Meaning

しぎ shigi

鷸 is read as しぎ (shigi) and means sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks).

Meaning

English

  1. sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)

Reading

Kana

しぎ

Romaji

shigi

Writing Variants

  • しぎ shigi

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Example Sentences

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あおいかわせみがかわのうえをすっととんでいった。

A blue kingfisher darted over the river.

ひがたでしぎがくちばしをつかってえさをさがしていた。

On the mudflat, a snipe was searching for food with its beak.

いけのそばでかわせみをみかけたのははじめてだ。

It was the first time I had seen a kingfisher near the pond.

ゆうがたになると、しぎのむれがしずかなはまにおりてきた。

Toward evening, a flock of snipes came down to the quiet beach.

かわせみはえだのさきでじっとみなもをみつめていた。

The kingfisher stayed still on the tip of a branch, watching the water's surface.