雀

雀	U+96C0, 雀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96C0

← 隿
[U+96BF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

雁 →
[U+96C1]

Translingual

Han character

雀 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火人土 (FOG), four-corner 9021₄, composition ⿱小隹)

Derived characters

熦𨫠㘍巀

References

KangXi: page 1364, character 20

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41954

Dae Jaweon: page 1868, character 11

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4091, character 7

Unihan data for U+96C0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		雀
alternative forms		䲵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 雀
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 小 (“small”) + 隹 (“bird”) – a small bird, a sparrow.

In the current form, the upper part looks like 少, but what looks like the bottom stroke of 少 is actually the upper left stroke of 隹, extended.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): què, qiǎo, qiāo (que⁴, qiao³, qiao¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ, ㄑㄧㄠˇ, ㄑㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek³, zoek^3-2
Gan (Wiktionary): qioh⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiok
Jin (Wiktionary): qieh⁴
Min Dong (BUC): chiók
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiok / chhiak / chiok / chiah / chehⁿ / chioh / chhek
(Teochew, Peng'im): ciag⁴ / ziah⁴ / ziaoh⁴ / ziouh⁴
Wu (Wiktionary): qiaq (T4); jiaq (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: què
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuè
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüeh⁴
  - Yale: chywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueh
  - Palladius: цюэ (cjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɥɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao³
  - Yale: chyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheau
  - Palladius: цяо (cjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciao
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹
  - Yale: chyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
  - Palladius: цяо (cjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoek³, zoek^3-2
  - Yale: jeuk, jéuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁸, dzoek^8-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêg³, zêg^3-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœːk̚³/, /t͡ʃœːk̚³⁻³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: qioh⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiɔʔ⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiok
  - Hakka Romanization System: jiog`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jiog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ok̚²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: qieh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰiəʔ²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiók
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuɔʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiok
  - Tâi-lô: tshiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiog
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiak
  - Tâi-lô: tshiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiag
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiak̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok
  - Tâi-lô: tsiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiah
  - Tâi-lô: tsiah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiaʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chehⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsennh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zveq
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ̃ʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioh
  - Tâi-lô: tsioh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioiq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕioʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek
  - Tâi-lô: tshik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zheg
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/

Note:

chhiok/chhiak/chiok - literary;
chiah/chehⁿ - vernacular (limited, e.g. 雀盲);
chioh, chhek - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ciag⁴ / ziah⁴ / ziaoh⁴ / ziouh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiak / tsiah / tsiauh / tsiouh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiak̚²/, /t͡siaʔ²/, /t͡siauʔ²/, /t͡siouʔ²/

Note:

ciag4 - literary;
ziah4 - vernacular;
ziaoh4/ziouh4 - dialectal (e.g. 雀盲) (ziouh4 - Chaozhou).

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: qiaq (T4); jiaq (T4)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰia̱ʔ⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕia̱ʔ⁵⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 雀
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕʰyɛ⁵¹/ /t͡ɕʰiɑu²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕʰiau²¹³/ /t͡ɕʰyɛ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕʰiɑu²¹/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕʰyə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/t͡sʰyə⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡sʰyo²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕʰiau⁵³/
	Xining	/t͡ɕʰiɔ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕʰiɔ⁵³/ /t͡ɕʰye¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕʰyə¹³/ /t͡ɕʰiɔ⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕʰyɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕʰio²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕʰyo³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕʰio²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕʰio³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰoʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕʰyɐʔ⁵/ /t͡ɕʰiɯ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕʰiəʔ²/ 麻～ /t͡ɕʰiau⁵³/ ～兒
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕʰiʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕʰiɔ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰiɑʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕʰiɑʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰa²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰiɔʔ²¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡siun²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sʰio²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡sʰio²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕʰiɔʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡siok̚¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡siok̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sœk̚³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰœk̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sœk̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/ /t͡siaʔ³²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sʰuɔʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sʰiɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡siauʔ²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/siɔk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sɨɐk̚/

Rime
Character	雀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	陽 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即略切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siak̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoek³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ewk/
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsewɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	què
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjak ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ewk/
English	sparrow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雀
Reading #	1/1
No.	10745
Phonetic component	雀
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	爵
Old Chinese	/*ʔsewɢ/

Definitions

雀

sparrow
- 誰謂雀無角，何以穿我屋。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  谁谓雀无角，何以穿我屋。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Shéi wèi què wú jiǎo, héyǐ chuān wǒ wū. [Pinyin]
  Who can say the sparrow has no horn?
  How else could it bore through my house?
(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) bird (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
雀竇／雀窦 [Cantonese] ― zoek³ dau³ [Jyutping] ― bird nest

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麻雀 (“sparrow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		雀
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麻雀
Taxonomic name		麻雀
Mandarin	Beijing	家雀兒, 老家賊, 老家子
	Taiwan	麻雀
	Tianjin	家雀兒, 老家賊
	Langfang	家照兒
	Tangshan	家雀兒
	Cangzhou	家雀兒
	Baoding	老家
	Shijiazhuang	家雀兒
	Daming	小蟲兒
	Ulanhot	家雀兒, 家賊
	Tongliao	家雀兒, 家賊
	Chifeng	老家子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	家雀, 家賊
	Harbin	家雀兒, 老家賊, 家賊
	Shenyang	家雀兒
	Yantai (Muping)	家雀兒, 雀兒
	Qingdao	家雀
	Jinan	家雀兒, 家雀子, 家雀
	Luoyang	小蟲兒
	Wanrong	飛蟲
	Zhengzhou	小蟲兒
	Xi'an	雀兒, 麻雀兒
	Yinchuan	麻雀子
	Lanzhou	雀兒
	Ürümqi	麻雀子, 乾頭麻雀子
	Wuhan	麻雀
	Huanggang	麻雀兒
	Chengdu	麻雀, 家麻雀, 麻雀子
	Guiyang	麻雀, 瓦雀
	Kunming	小雀, 穀雀
	Guilin	麻雀
	Liuzhou	麻雀, 麻雀鳥
	Xuzhou	小老雀兒, 老雀兒
	Yangzhou	麻雀子, 麻雀
	Nanjing	麻雀
	Hefei	麻䨂子, 麻雀子
	Nantong	麻雀兒
	Singapore	麻雀
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	麻雀子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	麻雀子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	瓦雀
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	麻雀
Cantonese	Guangzhou	麻雀, 禾花雀, 麻甩
	Hong Kong	麻雀
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	麻雀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	麻雀
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	麻雀仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	麻雀
	Macau	麻雀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	麻雀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	禾雀
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	禾雀仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	麻甩
	Foshan	禾雀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	胡雀
	Foshan (Shunde)	禾花雀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	禾雀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	禾丫雀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	麻雀
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	禾花雀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	禾雀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	禾雀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	禾雀
	Taishan	禾雀, 麻雀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	禾雀
	Enping (Niujiang)	禾雀
	Heshan (Yayao)	禾雀
	Dongguan	麻雀, 麻鷝 Qishi
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	麻雀
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	麻雀仔
	Qingyuan	禾雀仔
	Fogang	麻雀
	Yingde (Hanguang)	禾花雀
	Yangshan	麻雀仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	麻雀
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	麻雀
	Shaoguan	麻雀
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	麻雀, 禾雀
	Renhua	禾雀仔, 禾鷝仔
	Lechang	禾雀仔, 麻雀
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	麻甩
	Sihui	麻雀, 馬騮兒
	Guangning	禾穀仔
	Deqing	禾花雀
	Huaiji	麻甩仔
	Yunfu	麻雀
	Xinxing	麻乜
	Luoding	麻雀
	Yunan (Pingtai)	麻雀
	Yangjiang	麻雀仔
	Xinyi	麻雀
	Lianjiang	麻雀仔
	Nanning	麻雀
	Wuzhou	麻雀仔, 禾穀雀
	Yulin	麻雀
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	麻啲, 禾穀雀
	Beihai	麻啲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	麻雀仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	麻雀仔
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	麻雀仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	麻雀仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	麻雀
	Móng Cái	麻雀
Gan	Nanchang	奸雀子, 奸雀, 麻雀子, 麻雀
	Lichuan	禾接
	Pingxiang	麻雀, 麻雀鳥仔, 麻雀仔
	Guixi	麻雀鳥仂
Hakka	Meixian	禾鷝仔
	Xingning	禾鷝哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	麻雀, 麻雀仔, 禾花雀
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	麻雀仔
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	麻雀仔
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	麻雀
	Huidong (Daling)	禾鷝仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	麻雀
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	禾雀
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	禾烈
	Boluo (Bendihua)	麻雀哎
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	麻雀
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	鵝鷝仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	麻雀仔
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	禾鷝哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	禾鷝哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	禾鷝哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	禾雀, 麻雀
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	禾雀
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	禾雀
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	禾雀
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	禾雀
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	禾雀
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	禾鷝
	Wengyuan	禾鷝仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	禾鷝子
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	禾雀
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	禾雀
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	禾鷝仔
	Liannan	麻雀
	Conghua (Lütian)	麻雀
	Jiexi	禾鷝
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	禾鷝子
	Changting	禾鷝子, 麻鷝雀哩
	Wuping	禾鷝子
	Wuping (Yanqian)	禾鷝子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	禾鷝子
	Liancheng	禾雀鳥
	Ninghua	禾鷝子, 禾雀仔
	Yudu	麻鳥子
	Ningdu	麻鳥子
	Ruijin	禾鷝子, 麻鳥子
	Shicheng	禾雀, 禾雀子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	麻鳥子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	麻鳥子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	麻鳥子
	Dayu	麻鳥哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屋角鳥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屋檐鳥, 禾鷝仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	屋檐鳥
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	屋檐鳥
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	屋角鳥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屋檐鳥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瓦雀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屋檐鳥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	必子鳥, 屋檐鳥, 屋角鳥
	Hong Kong	禾鷝仔, 麻雀仔
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	麻雀子
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	麻雀
	Xinyi (Sihe)	瓦筒雀
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	麻雀
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	禾鷝
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	瓦鷝子
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	瓦雀子
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	穀鷝子
Lianjiang (Qingping)	鳥子
Mengshan (Xihe)	麻尾鳥
Luchuan	麻麥鳥
Sabah (Longchuan)	麻雀
Senai (Huiyang)	麻雀
Senai (Hepo)	麻雀, 禾鷝 dated
Huizhou	Jixi	麻雀
	Shexian	麻雀
	Tunxi	麻雀兒
	Xiuning	米𪇹兒
	Yixian	米雀兒
	Qimen	麻雀兒
	Wuyuan	童梁, 童梁鳥, 麻雀
	Fuliang	麻雀
	Dexing	麻雀鳥
Jin	Taiyuan	雀兒, 家雀兒, 麻雀
	Pingyao	雀兒, 土雀兒, 老家雀
	Xinzhou	飛鳥兒, 小雀兒
	Linhe	老家子
	Hohhot	麻雀, 老家子
	Dongsheng	老家子
	Zhangjiakou	家雀兒
	Handan	小蟲兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	毛隻仔, 隻仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	黃鷝仔
	Songxi	雀鳥仔
	Zhenghe	隻鳥仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	雀鳥
	Jianyang	隻仔
	Wuyishan	禾隻仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	禾味仔, 隻仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	隻隻, 隻囝 suburban
	Changle	隻隻
	Fuqing	隻囝
	Yongtai	隻囝
	Gutian	隻鳥
	Fu'an	王鴓
	Ningde	粟鳥
	Shouning	鸕鴓
	Zhouning	隻囝
	Fuding	麻鳥
	Matsu	隻隻
Min Nan	Xiamen	粟鳥仔
	Quanzhou	粟鳥仔
	Jinjiang	粟鳥, 雀仔
	Hui'an	雀仔
	Yongchun	粟鳥
	Zhangzhou	粟鳥仔, 厝頭雀仔
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	厝頭雀仔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	粟鳥仔
	Zhangpu	厝頭雀仔
	Dongshan	松鳥仔
	Taipei	粟鳥仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	粟鳥
	Kaohsiung	厝角鳥仔
	Yilan	粟鳥仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	粟鳥仔
	Taichung	厝鳥仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	粟鳥仔
	Tainan	厝角鳥, 厝角鳥仔
	Taitung	厝鳥仔
	Hsinchu	粟鳥仔, 厝鳥仔
	Kinmen	杙鳥仔
	Penghu (Magong)	厝角鳥, 厝鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	粟仔鳥, 麻雀鳥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	粟鳥仔, 粟鳥, 麻雀
	Datian	檐賓仔
	Chaozhou	麻雀
	Shantou	麻雀
	Jieyang	麻雀
	Haifeng	麻雀
	Bangkok (Teochew)	麻雀
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	麻雀
	Leizhou	鳥暝
	Wenchang	鳥暝
	Haikou	鳥暝
	Qionghai	雀暝
Puxian Min	Putian	鳥囝
Puxian Min	Xianyou	鳥囝
Min Zhong	Yong'an	麻雀仔, 百家鷂, 禾穀仔
	Sanyuan	斑雀仔
	Shaxian	雀仔
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	禾花雀
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	偷飯雀, 麻鷝雀, 麻雀
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	麻雀
Shehua	Fuding	麻鳥
	Sanming	八哥鳥
	Hua'an	麻雀
	Jingning	食穀鳥
	Chaozhou	麻雀
	Fengshun	禾鷝
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	麻雀子
Wu	Shanghai	麻雀, 麻將鳥, 麻將 dated, 麻鳥 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	麻將
	Suzhou	麻雀
	Wuxi	麻雀, 麻雀子
	Danyang	麻雀, 麻雀雀, 麻雀子
	Hangzhou	麻雀兒, 雀兒
	Ningbo	麻將
	Wenzhou	雀兒, 吃穀雀兒
	Jinhua	麻雀兒, 麻雀
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	麻雀兒
Xiang	Changsha	麻雀子, 麻雀
	Loudi	麻雀子
	Shuangfeng	麻賊子
	Quanzhou	麻雀

Dialectal synonyms of 鳥 (“bird”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鳥
Taxonomic name		鳥
Mandarin	Beijing	鳥兒
	Taiwan	鳥
	Tianjin	鳥兒
	Tangshan	鳥兒
	Cangzhou	鳥兒
	Baoding	鳥兒
	Shijiazhuang	鳥兒
	Chifeng	鳥兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鳥兒
	Harbin	鳥兒
	Shenyang	鳥兒
	Qingdao	家雀兒
	Jinan	鳥, 鳥兒
	Luoyang	蟲蟻兒
	Wanrong	蟲蟻兒
	Zhengzhou	蟲蟻兒
	Xi'an	鳥兒, 蟲蟻兒
	Yinchuan	鳥鳥子, 鳥兒
	Lanzhou	鳥兒
	Xining	雀兒
	Ürümqi	鳥, 雀娃子
	Wuhan	雀子
	Chengdu	雀雀, 雀兒, 鳥兒 formal, 鳥
	Chongqing	鳥, 雀兒
	Guiyang	鳥
	Kunming	鳥, 小雀
	Guilin	鳥, 鳥崽
	Liuzhou	鳥, 鳥崽
	Xuzhou	鳥兒, 鳥
	Yangzhou	雀子
	Nanjing	鳥, 雀子, 雀兒
	Hefei	鳥, 雀子
	Nantong	雀兒
	Malaysia	鳥
	Singapore	鳥, 小鳥
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	雀兒, 雀雀子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	雀仔, 雀
	Hong Kong	雀仔, 雀
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	雀仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	雀仔, 雀
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	雀仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	雀仔
	Macau	雀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	雀仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	雀仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	雀仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	甩仔
	Foshan	雀仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	雀仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	雀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	雀仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	雀仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	雀
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	雀仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	雀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	雀
	Taishan	雀仔, 雀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雀
	Enping (Niujiang)	雀
	Heshan (Yayao)	雀
	Dongguan	雀仔, 鷝仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	雀
	Qingyuan	雀仔
	Fogang	雀仔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鳥仔
	Yangshan	雀仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	雀兒
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	雀仔
	Shaoguan	雀仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	雀仔
	Renhua	雀仔, 鳥仔
	Lechang	雀仔
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	雀仔
	Sihui	雀仔
	Guangning	雀仔
	Deqing	雀兒, 鳥
	Huaiji	雀仔
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	竹仔
	Yunfu	雀仔
	Xinxing	雀仔
	Luoding	雀仔
	Yunan (Pingtai)	雀兒
	Yangjiang	雀仔
	Xinyi	雀
	Lianjiang	雀仔
	Nanning	雀仔
	Wuzhou	雀仔
	Yulin	雀, 雀兒
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	雀兒
	Hepu (Shatian)	雀兒, 鳥
	Guiping	雀
	Mengshan (Xihe)	雀
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	雀
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	雀
	Baise	雀
	Bobai	鳥
	Lingshan	雀
	Pubei	雀
Qinzhou	雀
Beihai	雀
Beihai (Nankang)	雀仔
Beihai (Yingpan)	雀
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	雀仔
Ningming	雀
Hengxian	雀
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雀仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雀仔
Singapore (Guangfu)	雀仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雀
Móng Cái	雀仔
Gan	Nanchang	雀子
	Lichuan	鳥兒
	Pingxiang	鳥
Hakka	Meixian	鳥仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	鳥兒
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	雀仔, 雀
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	雀
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	雀哩
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	雀仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鳥仔
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	雀哩
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	烈
	Boluo (Bendihua)	雀哎
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鳥仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鳥仔
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	鳥哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鳥哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	鳥哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	鳥哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	雀
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	雀
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	雀哎
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	雀哎
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	鷝子, 鳥, 雀
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	雀, 鳥
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	鳥
	Wengyuan	鳥子
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	鳥
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	鳥
	Liannan	鳥仔
	Conghua (Lütian)	鳥
	Jiexi	鳥
	Luhe	鳥仔
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	鳥
	Changting	鳥哩
	Wuping (Yanqian)	鳥子
	Ninghua	鳥子
	Yudu	鳥子, 鳥
	Ningdu	鳥子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	鳥子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	鳥子
	Dayu	鳥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鳥仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鳥仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鳥仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鳥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鳥仔, 鳥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鳥
	Hong Kong	鳥仔
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	鳥子
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	鳥
	Xinyi (Sihe)	鳥仔
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	鳥
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	鳥仔
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	鳥
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	雀子
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	鳥
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	鳥
	Mengshan (Xihe)	鳥
	Luchuan	鳥
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	鳥
	Bobai (Shahe)	鳥
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	雀
	Mashan (Pianlian)	鳥
	Sabah (Longchuan)	鳥仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	鳥
	Senai (Huiyang)	鳥
Singkawang	鳥
Singapore (Meixian)	鳥仔
Singapore (Dabu)	鳥子
Huizhou	Shexian	鳥
Jin	Taiyuan	鳥兒
	Xinzhou	鳥兒
	Linhe	鳥
	Jining	鳥兒
	Hohhot	鳥兒
	Zhangjiakou	鳥兒
	Handan	鳥兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	隻仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鳥
	Fuqing	鳥
	Matsu	鳥囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	鳥仔, 鳥隻
	Quanzhou	鳥仔, 鳥隻
	Zhangzhou	鳥仔, 鳥隻
	Zhao'an	鳥仔
	Kaohsiung	鳥仔
	Yilan	鳥仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鳥仔
	Taichung	鳥仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鳥仔
	Tainan	鳥仔
	Taitung	鳥仔
	Hsinchu	鳥仔
	Penghu (Magong)	鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	鳥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鳥
	Manila (Hokkien)	鳥
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鳥
	Chaozhou	鳥
	Shantou	鳥
	Haifeng	鳥
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鳥
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鳥
	Singapore (Teochew)	鳥
	Leizhou	鳥
	Haikou	鳥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鳥
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鳥
Wu	Shanghai	鳥
	Shanghai (Chongming)	將
	Suzhou	鳥
	Danyang	雀子
	Hangzhou	鳥, 鳥兒
	Ningbo	鳥
	Wenzhou	鳥
Xiang	Changsha	鳥
	Loudi	鳥唧
	Quanzhou	鳥

Compounds

Derived terms from 雀

五雀六燕
叉麻雀
孔雀 (kǒngquè)
孔雀王朝 (Kǒngquè Wángcháo)
孔雀石 (kǒngquèshí)
孔雀舞 (kǒngquèwǔ)
怡堂燕雀
打麻雀 (dǎ máquè)
掩目捕雀 (yǎnmùbǔquè)
旋木雀
朱雀 (zhūquè)
燕雀 (yànquè)
燕雀伍
白翎雀
金翅雀
金雀花
雀屏
雀屏中目
雀巢
雀息
雀斑 (quèbān)
雀榕 (quèróng)
雀瞀
雀舌
雀角鼠牙
雀鼠

雀鼠耗
雪雀 (xuěquè)
青雀
麻雀 (máquè)
麻雀席
麻雀牌 (máquèpái)
鼠牙雀角
以珠彈雀／以珠弹雀
夯雀先飛／夯雀先飞
孔雀綠／孔雀绿
孔雀開屏／孔雀开屏
掩雀捕蟬／掩雀捕蝉
明珠彈雀／明珠弹雀
朱雀橋／朱雀桥
欣喜雀躍／欣喜雀跃 (xīnxǐ quèyuè)
為叢敺雀／为丛驱雀
為叢驅雀／为丛驱雀 (wèicóngqūquè)
燕雀相賀／燕雀相贺
燕雀處堂／燕雀处堂
燕雀處屋／燕雀处屋
笨雀先飛／笨雀先飞
羅雀掘鼠／罗雀掘鼠
羅雀門／罗雀门
連雀／连雀
金絲雀／金丝雀 (jīnsīquè)
金雀記／金雀记

銅雀／铜雀
銅雀臺／铜雀台
門可羅雀／门可罗雀 (ménkěluóquè)
隨珠彈雀／随珠弹雀
雀屏中選／雀屏中选
雀戰／雀战
雀羅／雀罗
雀躍／雀跃 (quèyuè)
雀釵／雀钗
雀頂／雀顶
雀鯛／雀鲷
雀鷹／雀鹰
雀麥／雀麦
雲雀／云雀 (yúnquè)
鳧趨雀躍／凫趋雀跃
鴉雀不聞／鸦雀不闻
鴉雀無聞／鸦雀无闻
鴉雀無聲／鸦雀无声 (yāquèwúshēng)
鴉默雀靜／鸦默雀静 (yāmoqiǎojìng)
鴳雀／𫛩雀
鷹抓燕雀／鹰抓燕雀
鸛雀樓／鹳雀楼
黃雀／黄雀 (huángquè)
黃雀伺蟬／黄雀伺蝉
黃雀銜環／黄雀衔环

References

“雀”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

雀

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

sparrow

Readings

Go-on: さく (saku)
Kan-on: しゃく (shaku)
Kan’yō-on: じゃく (jaku); じゃん (jan)
Kun: すずめ (suzume, 雀)

Compounds

雀(じゃく)羅(ら) (jakura, “sparrow net”)
雀(すずめ)蜂(ばち) (suzumebachi)

Kanji in this term
雀
すずめ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) すずめ [sùzúmé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝzɨᵝme̞]

Noun

雀(すずめ) • (suzume)

a Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

Synonyms

黄(こう)雀(じゃく) (kōjaku)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

雀 • (jak) (hangeul 작, revised jak, McCune–Reischauer chak, Yale cak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

雀: Hán Nôm readings: tước

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN