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Kanji Detail for 鶴 - "crane, longevity, grace"
鶴
- Meaning
鶴 means "crane, longevity, grace."
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.
- 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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