Sittidae
ゴジュウカラ科
gojū-kara ka

General

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The only nuthatch found in Japan is Sitta europaea, which is known as the ゴジュウカラ gojū-kara.

Linguistically speaking, the name ゴジュウカラ gojū-kara suggests a kind of tit since -kara (or -gara) is used in the naming of tits. The name ゴジュウカラ gojū-kara, literally 'fifty-tit', forms a parallel with シジュウカラ shijū-kara 'forty tit' or Great Tit (Parus major). Kara (or -gara) is found only in combination, not as an independent word.

The Chinese character (kanji) for kara is 雀, otherwise used to write the word スズメ suzume 'sparrow'.

Species names

SITTINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Sitta
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Sitta europaea	Eurasian nuthatch Wood nuthatch Nuthatch Sittelle torchepot Kleiber Обыкновенный поползень	ゴジュウカラ (五十雀) gojū-kara 'fifty tit'		普通䴓 (普通鳾) pǔtōng shī 'common nuthatch'	(茶腹䴓) 茶腹鳾 chá-fù shī 'brown-bellied nuthatch'	穿树皮 (穿樹皮) chuān shù pí 'pierce tree bark' (31) 松枝儿 (松枝兒) sōng zhēr 'pine branch' (38) 蓝大胆 (藍大膽) lán-dà-dǎn 'blue bold' (38) 贴树皮 (貼樹皮) tiē-shù-pí 'stick to tree-bark' (38)	아물동고비 amul-donggobi 'amul nuthatch' or 동고비 donggobi 'nuthatch'

汉蒙名词术语分类词典（自然科学部分） Mongolian (Cyrillic): Хятад Монгол нэр томъёоны зүйл хуваасан толь (байгалийн шинжлэх ухааны бүлэг) (Chinese-Mongolian classified terminological dictionary, natural sciences part) by 《汉蒙名词术语分类词典》编纂委员会 Mongolian (Cyrillic): "Хятад Монгол нэр томъёоны зүйл хуваасан толь" найруулах комисс (Chinese-Mongolian classified terminological dictionary editorial committee), Inner Mongolian People's Press, Hohhot 1990

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