Chinese

Noun

白鷺

1. egret (Egretta garzetta)

References

• 白鷺 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Little Egret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Etymology

白 ‎(shira, “white”) +‎ 鷺 ‎(sagi, “heron; egret”)

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) しらさぎ [shìráságí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾ̠a̠sa̠ɡ̃i]

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) は​くろ [háꜜkùrò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯᵝɺ̠o̞]

Noun

白鷺 ‎(hiragana しらさぎ, katakana シラサギ, romaji shirasagi, alternative reading はくろ, katakana ハクロ, romaji hakuro)

1. egret (any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea)

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

白鷺 • ‎(baengno) ‎(hangeul 백로)

1. Hanja form^? of 백로.