四十雀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四 十 雀
し
Grade: 1 		じゅう
Grade: 1 		から
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi irregular

Etymology

The しじゅう (shijū), in しじゅうから (shijūkara), represents the sound that the bird makes. The 四十 kanji, are purely chosen for their sound. (i.e. they are ateji) -kara/-gara, written 雀, appears in the name of some tits, although 雀 actually means sparrow, and kara/gara not being a reading of 雀. Compare 小雀(こがら) (kogara, “willow tit”), エボシガラ (eboshigara, “tufted timouse”), and 山雀(やまがら) (yamagara, “varied tit”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しじゅうから [shìjúꜜùkàrà] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ɕiʑɨːka̠ɾa̠]

Noun

四(し)十(じゅう)雀(から) or 四十雀(シジュウカラ) • (shijūkara) ←しじふから (sizifukara) or シジフカラ (sizifukara)?

  1. a Japanese tit (Parus minor)

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.