Kanji
鶴
N1
21 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1369
crane, stork
On'yomi (音読み)
カク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
つる
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
姉羽鶴
あねはづる
demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo); Numidian crane
舞鶴草
まいづるそう
snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum); two-leaved Solomon's seal
葦田鶴
あしたず
crane (bird)
田鶴
たず
crane (bird)
鶴翼
かくよく
V-shape (battle formation)
毒鶴茸
ドクツルタケ
destroying angel (Amanita virosa)
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
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
鶴
つる
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
鶴亀鶴亀
つるかめつるかめ
knock on wood; touch wood
アメリカ白鶴
アメリカしろづる
whooping crane (Grus americana)
鶴の子餅
つるのこもち
red and white egg-shaped mochi
鶴亀
つるかめ
crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
鶴亀算
つるかめざん
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
鶴来る
つるきたる
migration of cranes to their nesting grounds
鶴首
つるくび
item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle)
鶏群の一鶴
けいぐんのいっかく
a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones
雀の千声鶴の一声
すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえ
the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane
Example sentences
禎（てい）子（こ）はこれまで６４４羽（わ）の鶴（つる）を折（お）った。
Sadako has folded 643 paper cranes so far.
鶴（つる）たちは何（なん）と美（うつく）しく自由（じゆう）なんでしょう。禎（てい）子（こ）はため息（いき）をついて、目（め）を閉（と）じた。
How beautiful and free the cranes were! Sadako sighed and closed her eyes.