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鷺 = 路 + 鳥

鷺 is a Japanese kanji written with 24 strokes, listed here under the keyword “heron”. It is built from 路 (path) and 鳥 (bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2848.

Keyword
heron
RTK frame
2848
Strokes
24
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さぎ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
цапля
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鷺 heron

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 路 path
  2. 鳥 bird

How to find 鷺 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “path” + “bird”. 鷺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鷺 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.