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鶴

crane
Stroke count: 21

Readings

On readingカク
Kun readingつる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. 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
  2. stork
  1. crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

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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
paper crane
鶴首かくしゅ
looking forward to
鶴嘴つるはし
pickaxe
鸛鶴こうづる
Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana)
折り鶴おりづる
paper crane
丹頂鶴たんちょうづる
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
鶴はしつるはし
pickaxe
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