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Kanji Detail for 鶴 - "crane"
鶴
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Meaning
鶴 means "crane." Also associated with white, long life.
Crane - A bird of the family Gruidae; white with long neck and legs; symbol of longevity.
White - A metaphor for whiteness, as cranes are white birds.
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Four-character idioms with 鶴
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閑雲野鶴
かんうんやかく
life in natural setting, free from worldly cares
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風声鶴唳
ふうせいかくれい
getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow
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閑雲野鶴
かんうんやかく
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Tattoo check: 鶴
- Verified meaning: crane
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read かく, がく, かくゆき, つる)
- Also carries these associations: white, long life
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 鶴
Given names 鶴(つる)
Surnames 鶴(かく)
鶴(がく)
鶴(かくゆき)
鶴(つるさき)
鶴(つるざき)
鶴(つるはま)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
crane; stork
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
crane; Grus species (various)
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
crane
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
crane; Grus species (various)
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A bird name. Body height is three to four feet. Both neck and feet are long. Wings are very large. Flying is extremely swift. Long beak. Good at wading in water to eat fish. Call is high and clear. There are red-crowned cranes, gray cranes, livestock cranes
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 鶴
A mother's heart is always with her children.
My oldest daughter's name is Chizuru.
Tom folded an origami crane.
The crane was standing on one leg.
Will you make me a paper crane?
She folded colored paper into a paper crane.
She tried to touch the golden crane.
Sadako has folded 644 paper cranes so far.
It was the last crane she ever made.
Chizuko said, "A crane is supposed to live for one thousand years."