山雀

山雀

Chinese

		mountain; hill	bird; lentigo; sparrow
simp. and trad. (山雀)		山	雀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānquè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄑㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ zoek^3-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānquè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shancyuè
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: shān-chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanchiueh
    • Palladius: шаньцюэ (šanʹcjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ zoek^3-2
    • Yale: sāan jéuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ dzoek^8-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ zêg^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ t͡ʃœːk̚³⁻³⁵/

Noun

山雀

1. tit; chickadee; titmouse

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	雀
やま Grade: 1	がら Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi	irregular

ヤマガラ or varied tit, Sittiparus varius

Etymology

Of 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + がら, but the origin of the latter portion is uncertain. Theories include derivation from 軽々と動く (karagara to ugoku “moving lightly, easily”) or from ヤマクグリムレ (roughly, “flock hidden in the mountains”).[1] Attested from at least the 13th century. Compare 小雀(こがら) (kogara, “willow tit”), エボシガラ (eboshigara, “tufted tit”), and 四十雀(しじゅうから) (shijūkara, “Japanese tit”).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) やまがら [yàmágárá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ɡa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

山(やま)雀(がら) • (yamagara) 

1. a varied tit

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan