鶴
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
crane, stork
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- カク
- Kun (native)
- つるJHS
- Nanori (used in names)
- たず
- ず
- か
- つ
- づ
- Other languages
- 拼音he4
- 拼音hao2
- 한글hag
- Hán-ViệtHạc
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 21 strokes
- Radical
- 鳥(とり)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+9DB4
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰隺鳥
Words using this kanji
- 鶴つる（つる）大型の水鳥。crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
- 鶴嘴つるはしpickaxe, pickax, pick
- 鶴首かくしゅ（鶴のように、首を長くするという意味から）強く待ち望むこと。looking forward to
- 鶴亀つるかめcrane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
- 鶴首つるくび（鶴のように、首を長くするという意味から）強く待ち望むこと。item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle), long-necked person
- 鶴翼かくよく鶴の翼。 鶴が翼を広げたような陣形。V-shape (battle formation), crane wings
- 鶴亀算つるかめざん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
- 鶴来るつるきたるmigration of cranes to their nesting grounds
- 鶴の技つるのわざcrane kick (in the movie Karate Kid)
- 鶴の一声つるのひとこえ議論の中で、否応無しに従わせる権威者の一言。final word, voice of authority, authoritative pronouncement
- 鶴の子餅つるのこもちred and white egg-shaped mochi
- 鶴亀鶴亀つるかめつるかめknock on wood, touch wood
- 鶴見大学つるみだいがくTsurumi University
- 鶴の巣籠りつるのすごもりcrane's nest tesuji, crane's nest
- 鶴首して待つかくしゅしてまつto wait expectantly, to be full of anticipation, to long for
- 鶴は千年亀は万年つるはせんねんかめはまんねん長生きであることのたとえ。enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation
- 鶴岡工業高等専門学校つるおかこうぎょうこうとうせんもんがっこうTsuruoka National College of Technology
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-10-11- Four Corner
4722.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
11b10.1- Heisig
- 2093
- Nelson
- 5365