Cisticolidae
セッカ科
sekka ka

General

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The only member of this family found in Japan is Cisticola juncidis (the Zitting Cisticola), which is known as the セッカ sekka. This is written 雪加 'snow add' or 雪下 'under snow' in Chinese characters. The characters are phonetically inspired (i.e., ateji) and do not represent a valid etymological meaning.

The word セッカ sekka is used in the names of a number of grasshopper warblers and willow warblers.

Species names

SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Cisticola
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Cisticola juncidis	Zitting cisticola or Fantailed cisticola Rufous fantail warbler Fantail warbler Cisticole des joncs Cistensänger Веерохвостая цистикола	セッカ (雪加 ~ 雪下) sekka 'cisticola'		棕扇尾莺 (棕扇尾鶯) zōng shàn-wěi-yīng 'reddishbrown fan-tailed warbler'	棕扇尾鶯 zōng shàn-wěi-yīng 'reddishbrown fan-tailed warbler' Taiwan formerly: 錦鴝 jǐn-qú 'brocade robin'		개개비사촌 gaegaebi-sachon 'reedwarbler cousin'

The name セッカ sekka is used in Japanese for several small warbling birds in the Cisticolidae and Sylviidae (Megalurus and Phylloscopus). The etymology of the name is unknown. It is written with the characters 雪加 (literally 'snow-add') or 雪下 (literally 'snow-below'), which have been assigned on the basis of sound only and do not have any relation to meaning.