The kanji 鶴: meaning, readings and stroke order

鶴

Meaning: crane
On reading: —
Kun reading: つる tsuru
Strokes: 21
Radical: 鳥 bird
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con hạc, con sếu (hạc)
Japanese: つる。くびとあしのながいとり。
Korean: 학, 두루미 (학)
Chinese: 鹤、仙鹤 (鹤)

Readings, words and example sentences

つる tsuru · kun reading

鶴つる
crane (bird)
折り紙で 鶴つるを折ります。
I fold a paper crane.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.