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雀 is the shortest way to say small bird, or sparrow in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
In Chinese, this can also be a colloquial way to speak of a freckle.
In Japanese, it's a nickname for a talkative person - not a bad thing, as it can also be a knowledgeable person
孔雀 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja word for peacock.
This can refer to peafowl as a whole, including the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick.
In Japanese, this can be the given name pronounced Kujaku.
麻雀 is the common and specific name for a hemp sparrow bird in Chinese.
This was also the original name for the game, known commonly as Mahjong. You will still see boxes of Mahjong tiles with the title 麻雀 for sparrow instead of the modern 麻將 in Southern China. This title is also used for Mahjong in Japan.
This is a Japanese surname that romanizes as Suzaku.
The meaning in Chinese and Japanese is “Vermilion Bird” or “Red Bird.” This is also the name of a Chinese start constellation (the seven mansions, or the god, who rules the southern sky).
This is not the only Japanese name that romanizes as Suzaku. Make sure you have the right one before you order.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 雀 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
雀 see styles |
què que4 ch`üeh chüeh chie ちえ |
More info & calligraphy: Sparrow(1) tree sparrow (Passer montanus); (2) talkative person; knowledgeable person; (surname) Chie a sparrow |
孔雀 see styles |
kǒng què kong3 que4 k`ung ch`üeh kung chüeh kujaku くじゃく |
More info & calligraphy: Peacockpeafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick); (given name) Kujaku mayūra, 摩裕羅 a peacock; the latter form is also given by Eitel for Mauriya as 'an ancient city on the north-east frontier of Matipura, the residence of the ancient Maurya (Morya) princes. The present Amrouah near Hurdwar'. |
朱雀 see styles |
zhū què zhu1 que4 chu ch`üeh chu chüeh sujiyaku すじやく |
More info & calligraphy: Suzaku(1) (See 四神) Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); (2) {astron} (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens; (surname) Sujiyaku red bird |
麻雀 see styles |
má què ma2 que4 ma ch`üeh ma chüeh maajan(p); maajan(ik); maajan(ik) / majan(p); majan(ik); majan(ik) マージャン(P); まーじゃん(ik); まあじゃん(ik) |
More info & calligraphy: Sparrowmahjong (chi: májiàng); mah-jongg |
む雀 see styles |
mujaku むじゃく |
(given name) Mujaku |
九雀 see styles |
kujaku くじゃく |
(personal name) Kujaku |
京雀 see styles |
kyousuzume / kyosuzume きょうすずめ |
gossipy Kyotoite |
円雀 see styles |
enjaku えんじゃく |
(personal name) Enjaku |
冕雀 see styles |
miǎn què mian3 que4 mien ch`üeh mien chüeh |
(bird species of China) sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea) |
印雀 see styles |
injaku いんじゃく |
(place-name) Injaku |
大雀 see styles |
oosuzume おおすずめ |
(place-name) Oosuzume |
子雀 see styles |
shijaku しじゃく |
(given name) Shijaku |
家雀 see styles |
iesuzume; iesuzume いえすずめ; イエスズメ |
(kana only) house sparrow (Passer domesticus) |
寂雀 see styles |
sekijaku せきじゃく |
(given name) Sekijaku |
寒雀 see styles |
kansuzume かんすずめ |
winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties); sparrow in winter |
小雀 see styles |
kosuzume こすずめ |
(kana only) willow tit (Parus montanus); (place-name, surname) Kosuzume |
山雀 see styles |
shān què shan1 que4 shan ch`üeh shan chüeh yamagara; yamagara やまがら; ヤマガラ |
tit (kana only) varied tit (species of titmouse, Poecile varius) |
川雀 see styles |
kawasuzume; kawasuzume かわすずめ; カワスズメ |
(kana only) Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus) |
幸雀 see styles |
koujaku / kojaku こうじゃく |
(personal name) Kōjaku |
扇雀 see styles |
senjaku せんじゃく |
(given name) Senjaku |
文雀 see styles |
bunjaku ぶんじゃく |
(female given name) Bunjaku |
日雀 see styles |
higara; higara ひがら; ヒガラ |
(kana only) coal tit (Parus ater) |
村雀 see styles |
sonjaku そんじゃく |
(given name) Sonjaku |
松雀 see styles |
sōng què song1 que4 sung ch`üeh sung chüeh |
(bird species of China) pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) |
枝雀 see styles |
shijaku しじゃく |
(female given name) Shijaku |
染雀 see styles |
somejaku そめじゃく |
(personal name) Somejaku |
梅雀 see styles |
baijaku ばいじゃく |
(given name) Baijaku |
歌雀 see styles |
kajaku かじゃく |
(personal name) Kajaku |
正雀 see styles |
shoujaku / shojaku しょうじゃく |
(place-name) Shoujaku |
洙雀 see styles |
shujaku しゅじゃく |
(given name) Shujaku |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Sparrow | 雀 | chie / suzume | què / que4 / que | ch`üeh / chüeh |
Peacock | 孔雀 | kujaku | kǒng què / kong3 que4 / kong que / kongque | k`ung ch`üeh / kungchüeh / kung chüeh |
Sparrow | 麻雀 | maa jan / maajan / ma jan | má què / ma2 que4 / ma que / maque | ma ch`üeh / machüeh / ma chüeh |
Suzaku | 朱雀 | suzaku | zhū què / zhu1 que4 / zhu que / zhuque | chu ch`üeh / chuchüeh / chu chüeh |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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