雲雀

See also: 云雀

Chinese

		cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	bird; lentigo; sparrow
trad. (雲雀)		雲	雀
simp. (云雀)		云	雀

Chinese Wikipedia has articles on:

雲雀 / 云雀 and 雲雀屬 / 云雀属

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúnquè

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ zoek³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúnquè
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúncyuè
  - Wade–Giles: yün²-chʻüeh⁴
  - Yale: yún-chywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunchiueh
  - Palladius: юньцюэ (junʹcjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁴ zoek³
  - Yale: wàhn jeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ dzoek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ zêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ t͡sœːk̚³/

Noun

雲雀

skylark (Alauda arvensis)
(～屬) Alauda

Synonyms

(skylark): (Beijing) 叫天兒／叫天儿 (jiàotiānr), (Hokkien) 埔肘仔

Derived terms

小雲雀 / 小云雀 (xiǎoyúnquè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雲	雀
ひばり
Grade: 2	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
鸙告天子

ヒバリ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 雲雀 / 云雀 (yúnquè).

Some sources state it is derived from the fact that it chirps on sunny days (日晴り), while others say that it is derived from the sound of its chirping. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひばり [hìbárí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [çiba̠ɾʲi]

Noun

雲雀(ひばり) or 雲雀(ヒバリ) • (hibari)

lark, skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Synonyms: 告天子 (kokutenshi), 姫雛鳥 (hime-hinadori)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒバリ (hibari).

Derived terms

References

“〈雲^▲雀〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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