11 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

sparrow

Kun'yomi
  • tree sparrow (Passer montanus) ②talkative person
On'yomi
  • ジャク
  • シャク
  • ジャン
  • サク
Nanori
  • ざく

Main Radical

(KanXi) 丿(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

すずめ 57.8%
ジャクシャク 37.1%
ジャン 5.0%

Character Breakdown

sparrow
すずめ ジャク ジャン (Kentei Pre-1)
few, little
すこ.し ショウ すく.ない (2nd, N4)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ スイ とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)

Common Words

tree sparrow (Passer montanus) ②talkative person
leaping for joy
sparrow chick (kigo)
owning nothing except the clothes on one's back
light reddish brown
flock of sparrows
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References

Unicode hex code 96C0
JIS X 0208 1-31-93
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 233
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6496
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2469
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3117
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2178
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2878
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2890
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1530
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 41954
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8c3.2
Four corner code 9021.4
De Roo Code 1175