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Kanji for Sparrow
The kanji for “sparrow” is 雀, read jaku and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
sparrow
The sparrow; small, lively and always close to home.
The Tongue-Cut Sparrow (Shita-kiri Suzume) is a beloved classic Japanese folktale teaching the virtues of kindness and humility.
11 strokes On reading ジャク、ジャン、サク (jaku, jan, saku) Kun reading すずめ (suzume)
Dictionary meanings: sparrow
Readings used for names on Nazuke: jaku
Names written with 雀: Jacquelyn 雀英里
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