Kanji

鶴

鶴

crane, stork

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

21 strokes

Radical

鳥部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

つる

Nanori (Name Reading)

ず, たず, つ, つる

Example sentences

鶴 つる
鶴 は 長寿 の 象徴 として 知られている 。

Cranes are known as a symbol of longevity.

一声 いっせい
鶴 の 一声 で 、 最終 的 な 方針 が 決定 した 。

With the word of an authority, the final policy was decided.

千羽鶴 せんばづる
入院 している 友人 の ため に 千羽鶴 を 折った 。

I folded a thousand paper cranes for my hospitalized friend.

願う ねがう
世界 平和 を 願って 、 千羽鶴 を 折った 。

Wishing for world peace, I folded a thousand paper cranes.

鶴亀 つるかめ
鶴亀 は 、 古く から 長寿 の 象徴 として 親しまれている 。

Cranes and turtles have been loved as symbols of longevity since ancient times.

鶴嘴 つるはし
作業員 は 鶴嘴 を 使って 硬い 地面 を 掘り起こした 。

The worker used a pickaxe to break up the hard ground.

Example Vocabulary

鶴

つる

crane (bird)

鶴の一声

つるのひとこえ

千羽鶴

せんばづる

thousand origami cranes

真鶴

まなづる

折り鶴

おりづる

鶴亀

つるかめ

crane and turtle; symbols of longevity

鶴嘴

つるはし

pickaxe

折鶴

おりづる

掃き溜めに鶴

はきだめにつる

真名鶴

まなづる

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