ヒワ

noun

cardueline finch; siskin

Refers to small finches of the subfamily Carduelinae, especially the Eurasian siskin (Carduelis spinus). In everyday Japanese, ヒワ is the most common written form.

• 庭にわにヒワが来きている。

  A siskin has come to the garden.

• ヒワは小ちいさくて黄き色いろい鳥とりだ。

  The siskin is a small, yellow bird.