| Kanji | 鶴 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | カク |
| Kunyomi | つる |
| Nanori | たず, ず, か, つ, づ |
| English | crane, stork |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1369 |
| Components | 寉: crane (bird) 鳥: bird; chicken |
| Number of Strokes | 21 |
| Kanji Radical | 鳥 |
| Radical Number | 196 |
| Radical Strokes | 11 |
| Radical Reading | とり・とりへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | crane |
| Koohii Story 1 | Do you know how cranes came to be? Well, they used to keep the poor bird cooped all the time. But the crane really wanted to be free, so it would always streatch its head and neck out of the coop trying to be free. |
| Koohii Story 2 | The original version of the "Ugly Duckling" was about a crane who grew up in a turkey coop. All the other birds made fun of it for not having a wattle or a snood or fanning its tail... |
| RTK Index | 1943 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_nature_animal_bird
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