鶴
crane, stork
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
21 / 21
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:21
JLPT:1
Frequency:1369
Vocabulary
カク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鶴首 | カクシュ | looking forward to |
| 閑雲野鶴 | カンウンヤカク | life in natural setting, free from worldly cares |
| 風声鶴唳 | フウセイカクレイ | getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow |
| 鶴翼 | カクヨク | V-shape (battle formation); crane wings |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鶴 | つる | crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis) |
| 鶴 | ツル | crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis) |
| 千羽鶴 | せんばづる | (string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes |
| 掃き溜めに鶴 | はきだめにつる | a jewel in a dunghill |
| 鶴嘴 | つるはし | pickaxe; pickax; pick |