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Kanji Detail for 雀 - "sparrow, bird"

雀

  • Meaning

    雀 means "sparrow, bird."

    1. Sparrow - A small bird.

    2. Sparrow color - The color of sparrow feathers.

  • Words using 雀

    • 麻雀 マージャン Listen mahjong; mah-jongg

  • Four-character idioms with 雀

    • 欣喜雀躍 きんきじゃくやく Listen jump up for joy
    • 歓喜雀躍 かんきじゃくやく Listen jumping with joy
    • 燕雀鴻鵠 えんじゃくこうこく Listen how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); only a hero can understand a hero
    • 門前雀羅 もんぜんじゃくら Listen (a house) looking deserted with few visitors

  • Tattoo check: 雀

    • Verified meaning: sparrow, bird
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ささき, ささぎ, じゃく, すずめ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 雀

    Given names 雀(すずめ)Listen

    Surnames 雀(ささき)Listen 雀(ささぎ)Listen 雀(じゃく)Listen 雀(ちえ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sparrow

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sparrow

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    a freckle; lentigo

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sparrow

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A small bird name. Colloquially also called 麻雀 (sparrow). | Sparrows like to hop. Therefore when people are jubilant and leaping for joy, it is called 雀躍 (jumping for joy).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    jaku(ジャク) ジャク

    jan(ジャン) ジャン

    saku(サク) サク

    shaku(シャク) シャク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    suzume(すずめ) すずめ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    隹 (furutori)

  • Related Keywords

    sparrow bird small chirp feather flock nest beak flight plumage wing passerine roost

Sentences including 雀

  • Do you know how to play mahjong?

  • I hear he is good at mahjong.

  • I like mahjong.

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