山雀

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shānquè

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄑㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ zoek^3-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shānquè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄑㄩㄝˋ
  - 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

tit; chickadee; titmouse

Japanese

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

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

(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)

a varied tit

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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