鹤 — Chinese character
鹤
hè
crane; Grus species (various)
- Pinyin
- hè
- Radical
- 196 ⿃ (Bird)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 隺 鸟
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bird; meaning component 鸟; sound component 隺
- Traditional
- 鶴
Common words with 鹤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白鹤 (白鶴) | bái hè | (bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) |
| 鹤立鸡群 (鶴立雞群) | hè lì jī qún | a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior |
| 仙鹤 (仙鶴) | xiān hè | red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) |
| 风声鹤唳 (風聲鶴唳) | fēng shēng hè lì | lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom); fig. to panic at the slightest move |
| 丹顶鹤 (丹頂鶴) | dān dǐng hè | (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) |
| 闲云野鹤 (閒雲野鶴) | xián yún yě hè | (idiom) free spirit; person who leads a carefree, unfettered life |
| 黑颈鹤 (黑頸鶴) | hēi jǐng hè | (bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) |
| 纸鹤 (紙鶴) | zhǐ hè | paper crane |
| 灰鹤 (灰鶴) | huī hè | (bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus) |
| 火鹤 (火鶴) | huǒ hè | flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum) |
| 白头鹤 (白頭鶴) | bái tóu hè | (bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha) |
| 白枕鹤 (白枕鶴) | bái zhěn hè | (bird species of China) white-naped crane (Antigone vipio) |
English words written with 鹤
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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