鶴 – vocab dash

Keyword

crane

stork

Frequency: #1369
Strokes: 21
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 2093

Readings

つる100%

Mnemonic

Under a roof without a chimney, an old bird and a young bird share a nest, and a tall white crane stands guard.

Stroke order

Composed of

冖roof without a chimney 隹old bird 鳥bird

Used in vocabulary

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

Noun

crane (bird)

Noun

千せん羽ば鶴づる

(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes

Noun

折おり鶴づる

paper crane; origami crane

Noun

鶴つる嘴はし

pickaxe; pickax; pick

Noun

鶴つる見み大だい学がく

Tsurumi University

Noun

毒どく鶴つる茸たけ

destroying angel (Amanita virosa)

Noun

鍋なべ鶴づる

hooded crane (Grus monacha)

Noun

鶴かく首しゅ

looking forward to

Noun

鶴つる首くび

item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle); long-necked person

Noun

鶴つる亀かめ算ざん

obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes

Noun