五位鷺

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
五	位	鷺
ご Grade: 1	い Grade: 4	さぎ Jinmeiyō

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごいさぎ [gòíságí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ごいさぎ [gòíꜜsàgì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞isa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

五位鷺 (hiragana ごいさぎ, katakana ゴイサギ, rōmaji goisagi)

night heron, specifically black-crowned night heron

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 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

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