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雀
què
1. small bird
2. sparrow
3. also pr. <qiǎo>
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

雀
què
sparrow
HSK 6 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

冕雀
miǎnquè
(Chinese bird species) sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea)
孔雀
kǒngquè
peacock
山雀
shānquè
tit
朱雀
Zhūquè
Vermilion Bird (the seven mansions of the south sky)
松雀
sōngquè
(Chinese bird species) pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
燕雀
yànquè
(Chinese bird species) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
石雀
shíquè
(Chinese bird species) rock sparrow (Petronia petronia)
绿雀
lǚquè
oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
藏雀
Zàngquè
(Chinese bird species) Tibetan rosefinch (Carpodacus roborowskii)
血雀
xuěquè
(Chinese bird species) scarlet finch (Carpodacus sipahi)
雀噪
quèzào
to be a noise in the world
雀巢
Quècháo
Nestlé
雀斑
quèbān
freckles
雀盲
quèmáng
night blindness
雀跃
quèyuè
excited
雀类
quèlèi
finch (family Fringillidae)
雀鸟
quèniǎo
bird
雀鹰
quèyīng
(Chinese bird species) Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
云雀
yúnquè
(Chinese bird species) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
鸟雀
niǎoquè
bird

Alternate Entries

雀
qiāo
a freckle / lentigo

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,330
Word Frequency Rank
3,798 of 84,292

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