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    3. 竹に雀

    竹に雀

    竹たけに​雀すずめ

    match made in heaven

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab20 strokes

    たけにすずめ

    Noun

    1.
    match made in heaven, perfect match, great coupling, sparrow and bamboo (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting)
    idiomatic expression
    2.
    family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle

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    Characters that make up this word

    竹
    たけ…(2)
    bamboo
    Kanji
    雀
    すずめ…(5)
    sparrow
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
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