This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ジャク、ジャン、サク、シャク、すずめ
Romaji: jaku, jan, saku, shaku, suzume
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Name Reading

Kana: ざく
Romaji: zaku
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Meaning

sparrow

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  4
Frequency:  1856
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-4-7
Korean Reading:  jag
Chinese Reading:  qiao3
Unicode:  96c0
JIS:  3F7D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2469
Nelson Index: 233
New Nelson Index: 6496
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8c3.2
Four Corner Index: 9021.4
Japanese Names Index: 1530
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41954
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0983
Remembering the kanji Index: 2878
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2178
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2890
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3117
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1175

Words

(すずめ、スズメ)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
孔雀 (くじゃく、くざく、クジャク)
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
雲雀 (ひばり、こくてんし、こうてんし、ヒバリ)
skylark (Alauda arvensis); Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
孔雀石 (くじゃくせき)
malachite
雀球 (ジャンきゅう)
jankyu; combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong
麻雀 (マージャン)
mahjong; mah-jongg
朱雀 (すざく、すじゃく、しゅじゃく)
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
雀の涙 (すずめのなみだ)
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; sparrow tears
雀蜂 (すずめばち、スズメバチ)
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
紅雀 (べにすずめ、ベニスズメ)
red avadavat (Amandava amandava); strawberry finch; red munia
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