Words
Words with 雀
Kanji 雀, meaning sparrow, appears in 126 Japanese vocabulary entries.
燕雀鴻鵠
えんじゃくこうこく
how can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix)
黄色雀蜂
きいろすずめばち
yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera, subspecies of the Japanese hornet, Vespa simillima)
黄雀風
こうじゃくふう
southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)
金翅雀
ひわ
cardueline finch (any finch of subfamily Carduelinae, esp. the Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus)
雀鯛
すずめだい
pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)
川雀
かわすずめ
Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus)