雀
sparrow
11 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1856.
Readings
- ジャン (on reading): 麻雀 (マージャン) mahjong; 雀荘 (ジャンそう) mahjong parlour
- すずめ (kun reading): 雀 (すずめ) tree sparrow (Passer montanus); 雀の涙 (すずめのなみだ) drop in the bucket
- サク (on reading): 朱雀 (すざく) Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)
- ジャク (on reading): 孔雀 (くじゃく) peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick); 連雀 (れんじゃく) waxwing (any bird of family Bombycillidae)
- シャク (on reading)
- Read as a whole word: 雲雀 (ひばり) skylark (Alauda arvensis); 揚雲雀 (あげひばり) soaring skylark; 草雲雀 (くさひばり) grass cricket
Components
Words using 雀
- 麻雀 (マージャン) mahjong
- 雀荘 (ジャンそう) mahjong parlour
- 雀士 (ジャンし) mahjong player
- 脱衣麻雀 (だついマージャン) strip mahjong
- 麻雀牌 (マージャンパイ) mahjong tile
- 雀 (すずめ) tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
- 雀の涙 (すずめのなみだ) drop in the bucket
- 竹に雀 (たけにすずめ) match made in heaven
- 着たきり雀 (きたきりすずめ) owning nothing except the clothes on one's back
- 雀色 (すずめいろ) light reddish brown
- 朱雀 (すざく) Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)
- 孔雀 (くじゃく) peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
- 連雀 (れんじゃく) waxwing (any bird of family Bombycillidae)
- 孔雀石 (くじゃくせき) malachite
- 孔雀明王 (くじゃくみょうおう) Mahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)
- 燕雀 (えんじゃく) small bird (like a swallow or sparrow)
- 雲雀 (ひばり) skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- 揚雲雀 (あげひばり) soaring skylark
- 草雲雀 (くさひばり) grass cricket
- 雲雀骨 (ひばりぼね) being thin and bony
- 小雀 (こがら) willow tit (Parus montanus)
- 十二雀 (じゅうにから) willow tit (Parus montanus)
61 words in all.