鶴
crane; stork
21 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1369.
Readings
- つる (kun reading): 鶴 (つる) crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis); 折り鶴 (おりづる) paper crane
- カク (on reading): 鶴翼 (かくよく) V-shape (battle formation); 鶴首 (かくしゅ) looking forward to
- Read as a whole word: 田鶴 (たず) crane (bird); 葦田鶴 (あしたず) crane (bird)
Components
- 寉
- 鳥
- 冖 radical cover
- 宀 radical roof
- ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火
- 隹 radical short-tailed bird
- 鳥 radical bird
Words using 鶴
- 鶴 (つる) crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
- 折り鶴 (おりづる) paper crane
- 鶴見大学 (つるみだいがく) Tsurumi University
- 鶴亀 (つるかめ) crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
- 千羽鶴 (せんばづる) (string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
- 田鶴 (たず) crane (bird)
- 葦田鶴 (あしたず) crane (bird)
- 鶴翼 (かくよく) V-shape (battle formation)
- 鶴首 (かくしゅ) looking forward to
- 鶴首して待つ (かくしゅしてまつ) to wait expectantly
- 閑雲野鶴 (かんうんやかく) life in natural setting, free from worldly cares
- 風声鶴唳 (ふうせいかくれい) getting frightened even by a slight noise
33 words in all.