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雀

sparrow
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingジャク、ジャン、サク、シャク
Kun readingすずめ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. sparrowRtK
    雀は動作が非常にすばしこい。A sparrow is very alert in its movements.tatoeba
    あの人達はさかんに麻雀を楽しんでいた。They indulged in mahjong.tatoeba
  1. tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
  2. talkative person
  3. knowledgeable person

Radicals and components

Radical隹short bird
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

麻雀マージャン
mahjong; mah-jongg
雲雀ひばり
skylark (Alauda arvensis); Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
燕雀えんじゃく
small bird (like a swallow or sparrow)
黄雀こうじゃく
tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
孔雀くじゃく
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
雀斑そばかす
freckle
雀蜂スズメバチ
hornet
雀躍じゃくやく
leaping for joy
雀榕あこう
Japanese sea fig (Ficus superba var. japonica)
雀鷂つみ
Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
蒿雀あおじ
black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
雲紋雀うんもんすずめ
Callambulyx tatarinovii (species of hawk moth)
金糸雀カナリア
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
孔雀石くじゃくせき
malachite
四十雀しじゅうから
Japanese tit (Parus minor)
雀の稗すずめのひえ
Japanese paspalum (Paspalum thunbergii)
雀の涙すずめのなみだ
drop in the bucket
島蒿雀シマアオジ
yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)
奄美雀鯛アマミスズメダイ
stout chromis (Chromis chrysura)
燕雀鴻鵠えんじゃくこうこく
how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix)
黄色雀蛾きいろすずめ
yellow hawk moth
欣喜雀躍きんきじゃくやく
jump up for joy
雀の子稗すずめのこびえ
Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum)
三筋琉球雀鯛みすじりゅうきゅうすずめだい
whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus)

Additional Examples

あの人達はさかんに麻雀を楽しんでいた。
They indulged in mahjong.tatoeba
初めて麻雀にトライします。
I'm trying mah-jong for the first time.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 雀

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step