鶴

21 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

crane, stork

Kun'yomi
  • つる
    		crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
On'yomi
  • カク
Nanori
  • たず
    		crane (bird)
  • ず
  • か
  • つ
  • づ

Main Radical

鳥(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

つる 99.6%
カク 0.4%

Character Breakdown

crane, stork
つる　カク　たず (11th, N1)
crane (bird)
つる (Kentei 1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ　スイ　とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
bird, chicken
とり　チョウ　とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ

Common Words

つる
鶴
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
お
折
　
り
づる
鶴
paper crane
せん
千
ば
羽
づる
鶴
(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
つる
鶴
かめ
亀
crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
つる
鶴
　
の
ひと
一
こえ
声
final word
つる
鶴
きた
来
　
る
migration of cranes to their nesting grounds
は
掃
　
き
だ
溜
　
め
　
に
つる
鶴
a jewel in a dunghill
かんむり
冠
づる
鶴
crowned crane
つる
鶴
　
は
せん
千
ねん
年
かめ
亀
　
は
まん
万
ねん
年
enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation
おり
折
づる
鶴
らん
蘭
St Bernard's lily (Chlorophytum comosum)
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References

Unicode hex code 9DB4
JIS X 0208 1-36-65
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5365
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6995
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1850
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2326
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1201
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1641
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1943
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2093
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1120
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2926
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1917
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 47185
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2277
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 950
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1962
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11b10.1
Four corner code 4722.7
De Roo Code 1650