山雀

Chinese
mountain; hill bird; lentigo; sparrow
simp. and trad.
(山雀)		 山 雀

Pronunciation

Noun

山雀

  1. tit; chickadee; titmouse

Japanese
Kanji in this term
山 雀
やま
Grade: 1		 がら
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi irregular
ヤマガラ or varied tit, Sittiparus varius

Etymology

Of 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + がら, but the origin of the latter portion is uncertain. Theories include derivation from 軽々と動く (karagara to ugoku “moving lightly, easily”) or from ヤマクグリムレ (roughly, “flock hidden in the mountains”).[1] Attested from at least the 13th century. Compare 小雀(こがら) (kogara, “willow tit”), エボシガラ (eboshigara, “tufted tit”), and 四十雀(しじゅうから) (shijūkara, “Japanese tit”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) やまがら [yàmágárá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠ɡa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

山(やま)雀(がら) or 山雀(ヤマガラ) • (yamagara) 

  1. a varied tit

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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