雀 — kanji meaning “sparrow”
雀
sparrow
- Meanings
- sparrow
- On'yomi
- ジャク (jaku)、ジャン (jan)、サク (saku)、シャク (shaku)
- Kun'yomi
- すずめ
- Name readings
- ざく
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #1856 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 172
- Chinese reading
- què, qiāo, qiǎo — Chinese character page
Words with 雀
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻雀 | マージャン maajan | mahjong; mah-jongg |
| 孔雀 | くじゃく kujaku | peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick) |
| 雲雀 | ひばり hibari | skylark (Alauda arvensis) |
| 朱雀 | すざく suzaku | Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens) |
| 紅雀 | べにすずめ benisuzume | red avadavat (Amandava amandava); strawberry finch; red munia |
| 雀蜂 | すずめばち suzumebachi | hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae) |
| 連雀 | れんじゃく renjaku | waxwing (any bird of family Bombycillidae) |
| 小雀 | こがら kogara | willow tit (Parus montanus) |
| 燕雀 | えんじゃく enjaku | small bird (like a swallow or sparrow) |
| 孔雀石 | くじゃくせき kujakuseki | malachite |
| 四十雀 | しじゅうから shijuukara | Japanese tit (Parus minor); Oriental tit |
| 金糸雀 | カナリア kanaria | canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria) |
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