Keyword
crane
- Grus species (various)
- Frequency
- #2713
- Strokes
- 15
Readings
hè
Mnemonic
鸟 (bird) gives the meaning and 隺 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
鹤
crane
黄鹤楼
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985; favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes; Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔颢 (CuīHào), with theme 'the past will never return'; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼 (YuèyángLóu) in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王阁 (TéngwángGé) in Nanchang, Jiangxi
白鹤
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
鹤立鸡群
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
仙鹤
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
风声鹤唳
lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom); fig. to panic at the slightest move; to be jittery
鹤峰县
Hefeng, a county in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 (ĒnshīTǔjiāzúMiáozúZìzhìzhōu), Hubei
鹤壁市
Hebi, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省 (HénánShěng)
鹤岗市
Hegang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龙江省 (HēilóngjiāngShěng)
丹顶鹤
(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
闲云野鹤
(idiom) free spirit; person who leads a carefree, unfettered life
黑颈鹤
(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
鹤山市
Heshan, a county-level city in Jiangmen City 江门市 (JiāngménShì), Guangdong
纸鹤
paper crane
鹤庆县
Heqing, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州 (DàlǐBáizúZìzhìzhōu), Yunnan
灰鹤
(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
火鹤
flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
白头鹤
(bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)
鹤城区
Hecheng, a district of Huaihua City 怀化市 (HuáihuàShì), Hunan
杜荀鹤
Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet
白鹤梁
White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings
白枕鹤
(bird species of China) white-naped crane (Antigone vipio)
鹤嘴锄
pickax
鹤山区
Heshan, a district of Hebi City 鹤壁市 (HèbìShì), Henan