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 t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ zoek^3-2
    • Yale: sāan jéuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ dzoek^8-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ zêg^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³⁻³⁵/

Noun

山雀

1. tit; chickadee; titmouse

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”). 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

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

Noun

山(やま)雀(がら) or 山雀(ヤマガラ) • (yamagara) 

1. a varied tit