鶴

crane

Stroke count: 21

Readings

On readingカク

Kun readingつる

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

craneRtK
禎子はこれまで６４４羽の鶴を折った。Sadako has folded 643 paper cranes so far.tatoeba
禎子は、親友のチズコが自分のために折ってくれた金色の鶴に目をやった。Sadako looked at the golden paper crane that her best friend Chizuko had made for her.tatoeba
stork

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

Homonyms

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Same reading (つる)

Radicals and components

Radical鳥bird

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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turkey house · bird (鳥)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2093

Compound words

千羽鶴せんばづる

(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes

鶴岡八幡宮つるがおかはちまんぐう

Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, the principal Shinto shrine of Kamakura.

折鶴おりづる

鶴首かくしゅ

looking forward to

鶴嘴つるはし

鸛鶴こうづる

Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana)

折り鶴おりづる

丹頂鶴たんちょうづる

red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)

鶴はしつるはし

風声鶴唳ふうせいかくれい

getting frightened even by a slight noise

掃きだめに鶴はきだめにつる

a jewel in a dunghill

掃き溜めに鶴はきだめにつる

a jewel in a dunghill

鶴首して待つかくしゅしてまつ

to wait expectantly

亀の年を鶴が羨むかめのとしをつるがうらやむ

some people are never satisfied

焼け野の雉夜の鶴やけののきぎすよるのつる

parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)

Additional Examples

鶴たちは何と美しく自由なんでしょう。禎子はため息をついて、目を閉じた。

How beautiful and free the cranes were! Sadako sighed and closed her eyes.tatoeba

Stroke Order

21 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鶴

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step