Where does “白鷺” come from?

白鷺 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 白, from Middle Chinese 白.

白鷺 (Japanese): egret

Definitions

  1. egret

Ancestry of “白鷺”, step by step

白鷺 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese白—

via Japanese 鷺

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鷺heron; egret
Every word from Middle Chinese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白 →