Chinese symbol for “sparrow”
麻雀
má què
sparrow; (dialect) mahjong
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sparrow is 麻雀 (má què), defined as: sparrow; (dialect) mahjong.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sparrow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雀 | què | (bound form) small bird; sparrow |
| 雟 | suí | sparrow; revolve |
| 家雀儿 (家雀兒) | jiā qiǎo r | (coll.) sparrow |
| 老家贼 (老家賊) | lǎo jiā zéi | (dialect) sparrow |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 麻雀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis |
| 麻将 (麻將) | má jiàng | mahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù) |
| 麻醉 | má zuì | anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality) |
| 麻木 | má mù | numb; insensitive |
| 孔雀 | kǒng què | peafowl; peacock |
| 朱雀 | zhū què | rosefinch (genus Carpodacus) |
| 雀斑 | què bān | freckles |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.