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鶴 = 鳥 + 隺
鶴 is a Japanese kanji written with 21 strokes, listed here under the keyword “crane”. It is built from 鳥 (bird) and 隺 (turkeyhouse). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2093.
- Keyword
- crane
- RTK frame
- 2093
- Strokes
- 21
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- つる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- кран
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鶴 crane
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鶴 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bird” + “turkeyhouse”. 鶴 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鶴 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.