# 鷺

| 鷺 | U+9DFA, &#40442; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DFA |
| ← 鷹 [U+9DF9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鷻 → [U+9DFB] |
| 鷺 | U+F93A, &#63802; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F93A |
| ← 魯 [U+F939] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 碌 → [U+F93B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鷺 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 口口竹日火 (RRHAF), four-corner 6732$_7$, composition ⿱路鳥)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1501, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47362
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4664, character 9
* Unihan data for U+9DFA
* Unihan data for U+F93A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鷺 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 髂 | *kʰraːɡs |
| 路 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 輅 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 賂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 虂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 露 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 潞 | *raːɡs |
| 鷺 | *raːɡs |
| 璐 | *raːɡs |
| 簬 | *raːɡs |
| 簵 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 洛 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 駱 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 絡 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 酪 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 烙 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 雒 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 珞 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 硌 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 袼 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ |
| 笿 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鉻 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 鮥 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鵅 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 挌 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 落 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 各 | *klaːɡ |
| 胳 | *klaːɡ |
| 閣 | *klaːɡ |
| 格 | *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 擱 | *klaːɡ |
| 恪 | *kʰlaːɡ |
| 愙 | *kʰaːɡ |
| 貉 | *ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ |
| 狢 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 佫 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 略 | *ɡ·raɡ |
| 茖 | *kraːɡ |
| 骼 | *kraːɡ |
| 觡 | *kraːɡ |
| 蛒 | *kraːɡ |
| 敋 | *kraːɡ |
| 客 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 喀 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 揢 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 額 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 峉 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 頟 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 詻 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 垎 | *ɡraːɡ |
| 楁 | *ɡraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːɡs) : phonetic 路 (OC *ɡ·raːɡs) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

### Etymology

Compare Khmer ក្រក (krɑɑk, “species of heron”), Thai ร้า (ráa, “species of heron”) (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lù (lu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nu$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lu$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): lu$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lu$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): lū
* Eastern Min (BUC): lô
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liao$^6$ / liou$^6$ / lu$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lou$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lù
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lù
*** Wade–Giles: lu$^4$
*** Yale: lù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
*** Palladius: лу (lu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nu$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lu
*** Sinological IPA : /nu²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^6$
*** Yale: louh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lu³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: lu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lu¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu
*** Hakka Romanization System: lu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lū
*** Sinological IPA : /lu⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lô
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ou²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘
*** Tâi-lô: lōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liao$^6$ / liou$^6$ / lu$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liău / liŏu / lŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /liau³⁵/, /liou³⁵/, /lu³⁵/
* liao6/liou6 - vernacular;
* lu6 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: luH
Rime :
| Character | 鷺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 洛故切 |
| Baxter | luH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /luo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /luo$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lo$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɔ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lo$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /luo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lou$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*raːɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鷺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3862 |
| Phonetic component | 各 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 路 |
| Old Chinese | /*raːɡs/ |

### Definitions

鷺
* heron; egret

### Compounds

* 夜鷺／夜鹭 (yèlù)
* 宿鷺／宿鹭
* 寒鷺／寒鹭
* 延鷺堠／延鹭堠
* 振鷺／振鹭
* 振鷺充庭／振鹭充庭
* 振鷺在庭／振鹭在庭
* 暗鷺／暗鹭
* 月鷺／月鹭
* 朱鷺／朱鹭 (zhūlù)
* 朱鷺曲／朱鹭曲
* 池鷺／池鹭
* 沙鷺／沙鹭
* 漚鷺／沤鹭
* 班鷺／班鹭
* 琵鷺／琵鹭 (pílù)
* 白鷺／白鹭 (báilù)
* 白鷺洲／白鹭洲
* 白鷺縗／白鹭缞
* 白鷺纕／白鹭𬙋
* 白鷺轉花／白鹭转花
* 白鷺鷥／白鹭鸶 (báilùsī)
* 眠鷗宿鷺／眠鸥宿鹭
* 簉鷺／簉鹭
* 紫鷺／紫鹭 (zǐlù)
* 蒼鷺／苍鹭 (cānglù)
* 長腳鷺鷥／长脚鹭鸶
* 長頸鷺鷥／长颈鹭鸶
* 閒鷗野鷺／闲鸥野鹭
* 雪鷺／雪鹭
* 霜鷺／霜鹭
* 青鷺／青鹭
* 鴛鷺／鸳鹭
* 鴜鷺／鴜鹭
* 鴛鷺班／鸳鹭班
* 鴛鷺群／鸳鹭群
* 鴛鷺行／鸳鹭行
* 鴻鷺／鸿鹭
* 鵠鷺／鹄鹭
* 鵷班鷺序／鹓班鹭序
* 鵷鷺／鹓鹭
* 鶖鷺／鹙鹭
* 鷗浮鷺立／鸥浮鹭立
* 鷗鷺忘機／鸥鹭忘机
* 鷗鷺盟／鸥鹭盟
* 鷺堠／鹭堠
* 鷺嶼／鹭屿
* 鷺序／鹭序 (lùxù)
* 鷺序鴛行／鹭序鸳行
* 鷺序鵷行／鹭序鹓行
* 鷺朋鷗侶／鹭朋鸥侣
* 鷺濤／鹭涛
* 鷺約鷗盟／鹭约鸥盟
* 鷺羽／鹭羽
* 鷺翿／鹭𰭣
* 鷺行／鹭行
* 鷺車／鹭车
* 鷺門／鹭门
* 鷺鴛／鹭鸳
* 鷺鵷／鹭鹓
* 鷺鶿／鹭鹚
* 鷺鶴／鹭鹤
* 鷺鷥／鹭鸶 (lùsī)
* 鷺鷥藤／鹭鸶藤
* 鷺鼓／鹭鼓
* 鸞鷺／鸾鹭
* 麻鷺／麻鹭
* 黑冠麻鷺／黑冠麻鹭 (hēiguān málù)
* 黑面琵鷺／黑面琵鹭

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: ろ (ro)
* Kun: さぎ (sagi, 鷺)
* Nanori: さぎ (sagi)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鷺
* さぎ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese. First cited to the Kojiki of 712.
Compare to Korean 새 (sae, “bird”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) さぎ [sàgí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sa̠ɡʲi]

### Noun

鷺(さぎ) or 鷺(サギ) • (sagi)
* [from 712] heron, egret
    Synonyms: 青鷺 (aosagi, “heron, gray heron”), 白鷺 (shirasagi, “egret, white egret”)

#### Derived terms

* 白鷺(しらさぎ) (shirasagi): egret
* 黒鷺(くろさぎ) (kurosagi): Pacific reef heron
* 蒼鷺(あおさぎ) (aosagi): grey heron
* 五位鷺(ごいさぎ) (goisagi): black-crowned night heron

### References

* ↑ “鷺”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

鷺 (eum 로 (ro), word-initial (South Korea) 노 (no))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鷺: Hán Nôm readings: lộ
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