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鶴
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鹤
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crane

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Animals →Birds
hè
カク
つる
학
Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 隺 represents the sound.
Components
隺 crane+ 鳥 bird =
鶴 crane
隺 Meaning component
hú crane
very high
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鳥 Meaning component
bird
Notes
Similar Characters
傕 used in old names榷 footbridge確 reliable (trad/jp)鹤 species (simp)梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)鳳 male phoenix (trad)鳴 twitter (trad/jp)鳶 milvus (trad)鴂 the tailor-bird鴆 a bird resembling (trad)鴇 bustard (trad)鴈 wild-goose (archaic)鴉 raven (trad)鴒 species (trad)鴔 bird (trad)鴕 ostrich (trad)鴛 male mandarin duck (trad)鴞 owl (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鶴
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鹤 / 鶴 [hè]
crane
Japanese
鶴 つる 、 ツル 同音
noun crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
田鶴 、 鶴 たず 、 たづ 同音
noun poetical crane (bird)
Korean
학 [鶴]
Noun
crane; A large, white bird with a long neck, long legs, and black tail.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
ツルは大きくて美しい鳥だ。
Cranes are big beautiful birds.
Japanese Names
鶴 かく
Kaku surname
鶴 かくゆき
Kakuyuki unclassified name
鶴 がく
Gaku unclassified name
鶴 つる
Tsuru female given namesurname
鶴 つるさき
Tsurusaki surname
鶴 つるざき
Tsuruzaki surname
鶴 つるはま
Tsuruhama surname
CHINESE WORDS (53)
鹤立鸡群 [hè​lì​jī​qún] #23,424
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common
白鹤 [bái​hè] #32,976
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
黄鹤楼 [Huáng​hè​Lóu] #21,205
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
仙鹤 [xiān​hè] #37,209
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
风声鹤唳 [fēng​shēng​hè​lì] #68,183
lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom)
丹顶鹤 [dān​dǐng​hè] #38,297
(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
纸鹤 [zhǐ​hè] #50,890
paper crane
鹤壁 [Hè​bì] #44,431
Hebi prefecture-level city in Henan
鹤山 [Hè​shān] #44,631
Heshan district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[Hè​bì​shì], Henan
鹤岗 [Hè​gǎng] #46,116
Hegang prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi​lóng​jiāng] in northeast China
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JAPANESE WORDS (40)
鶴の一声 [つるのひとこえ] #45,843
final word
真鶴 [まなづる] #71,039
white-naped crane (Grus vipio)
千羽鶴 [せんばづる] #72,620
(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
折り鶴 [おりづる] #81,095
paper crane
鶴嘴 [つるはし] #82,155
pickaxe
鶴亀 [つるかめ] #85,892
crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
紅鶴 [べにづる] #105,308
flamingo (Phoenicopteridae)
田鶴 [たず] #109,890
crane (bird)
掃き溜めに鶴 [はきだめにつる] #122,381
a jewel in a dunghill
鶴首 [かくしゅ] #163,447
looking forward to
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
홍학
flamingo