鶴 — kanji meaning “crane”
鶴
crane, stork
- Meanings
- crane, stork
- On'yomi
- カク (kaku)
- Kun'yomi
- つる
- Name readings
- たず、ず、か、つ、づ
- Strokes
- 21
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1369 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 196
- Chinese reading
- hè, háo — Chinese character page
Words with 鶴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真鶴 | まなづる manazuru | white-naped crane (Grus vipio) |
| 千羽鶴 | せんばづる senbazuru | (string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes |
| 折り鶴 | おりづる orizuru | paper crane; origami crane |
| 田鶴 | たず tazu | crane (bird) |
| 鶴見大学 | つるみだいがく tsurumidaigaku | Tsurumi University |
| 丹頂鶴 | たんちょうづる tanchouzuru | red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane |
| 鶴首 | かくしゅ kakushu | looking forward to |
| 鶴首 | つるくび tsurukubi | item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle) |
| 鶴亀算 | つるかめざん tsurukamezan | obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes |
| 鶴嘴 | つるはし tsuruhashi | pickaxe; pickax; pick |
| 冠鶴 | かんむりづる kanmurizuru | black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) |
| 閑雲野鶴 | かんうんやかく kan'un'yakaku | life in natural setting, free from worldly cares |
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