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雀

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

sparrow

HSK 7

Nature →Animals →Birds

què

ジャク、ジャン、サク、シャク

すずめ

작

A small 小 bird 隹

Components

小 small+ 隹 Short-Tailed Bird =

雀 sparrow

小 Meaning component

xiǎo small

small, tiny, insignificant

隹 Meaning component

zhuī Short-Tailed Bird

bird

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

雀

Regular

Modern

Chinese

雀 [qiāo]

a freckle; lentigo

雀 [què]

small bird; sparrow; also pr. [qiǎo]

Japanese

雀すずめ、スズメ同音

noun

tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
talkative person; knowledgeable person

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

スズメの鳴き声一つしなかった。

Not a single sparrow was to be heard.

Japanese Names

雀ささき

Sasaki surname

雀ささぎ

Sasagi surname

雀じゃく

Jaku surname

雀すずめ

Suzume female given namesurname

雀ちえ

Chie surname

CHINESE WORDS (200)

孔雀 [kǒngquè] #14,751

麻雀 [máquè] #15,519

雀斑 [quèbān] #19,717

雀跃 [quèyuè] #19,504

雀跃 [quèyuè] #19,504

金丝雀 [jīnsīquè] #16,082

金丝雀 [jīnsīquè] #16,082

云雀 [yúnquè] #20,883

(bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)

云雀 [yúnquè] #20,883

(bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)

朱雀 [Zhūquè] #23,637

Vermilion Bird (the seven mansions of the south sky)

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JAPANESE WORDS (129)

⭐ 麻雀 [マージャン] #28,928

朱雀 [すざく] #34,319

Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)

孔雀 [くじゃく] #34,337

peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)

⭐ 雲雀 [ひばり] #41,029

skylark (Alauda arvensis)

雀の涙 [すずめのなみだ] #53,140

drop in the bucket

雀荘 [ジャンそう] #72,471

mahjong parlour

雀躍 [じゃくやく] #81,196

leaping for joy

紅雀 [べにすずめ] #85,196

red avadavat (Amandava amandava)

小雀 [こがら] #90,353

willow tit (Parus montanus)

麻雀牌 [マージャンパイ] #93,245

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KOREAN WORDS (2)