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鶴 — 21 strokes ／ Radical「鳥」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 21 strokes ／ Radical「鳥」
On
カクかく · kaku
Kun
つるtsuru
Meaning
crane

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bird plus flying high: the long-necked, long-legged crane.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Kunつるtsuru鶴つる千羽鶴せんばつる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 千羽鶴せんばづる

    a thousand folded paper cranes

  • 鶴つる

    crane

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

折(お)り紙(がみ)で鶴(つる)を折(お)って贈(おく)った。

I folded a paper crane and gave it as a gift.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

千羽鶴千羽鶴鶴千thousa…羽feathe…鳥bird鳩pigeon鳧a wild…鳰a greb…鳳male…各each角corner画pictur…拡to exp…恪revere…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 鳥Map of reading カクAll maps

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