Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun

    match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; sparrow and bamboo (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting)

    Idiomatic expression

  2. family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle

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Characters in this word

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bamboo

Kun
たけ
On
チク
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N2
Frequency
593 of 2500
Radical
bamboo
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

たか

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-3SKIP code
6f0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8822.0Four corner code
2353deroo
7af9Unicode hex code
1-35-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3366Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4246New Nelson (John Haig)
228New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
267Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
168Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
201Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
937Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1007Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
719A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
247Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
68Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25841Morohashi
170A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
129Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
129Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
113sakade
790Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
71henshall3
59Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
374Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1471Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
946Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhu2Pinyin reading
jugKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
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sparrow

Kun
すずめ
On
ジャクジャンサクシャク
Strokes
11
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
1856 of 2500
Radical
short-tailed bird

Built from

Used in names as

ざく

Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
2-4-7, 3-4-7, 4-11-2SKIP code
8c3.2The Kanji Dictionary
9021.4Four corner code
1175deroo
96c0Unicode hex code
1-31-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
233Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6496New Nelson (John Haig)
2469New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3117Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2178Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2878Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2890Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1530Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
41954Morohashi
que4, qiao1, qiao3Pinyin reading
jagKorean reading