Word Meaning 丹頂

たんちょう tanchou

丹頂 is read as たんちょう (tanchou) and means Tanchō (koi variety).

Meaning

English

Tanchō (koi variety)
having a red crest or patch on the head (of a bird, fish, etc.)
red-cap oranda (goldfish)
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
Japanese crane

Reading

Kana

たんちょう

Romaji

tanchou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 139395 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

丹頂鶴

たんちょうづる

red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)

丹精

たんせい

working earnestly

丹念

たんねん

painstaking

丹後

たんご

Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

丹前

たんぜん

large padded kimono

丹田

たんでん

point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)

丹心

たんしん

sincerity

丹州

たんしゅう

Tanshū (the two former provinces of Tanba and Tango)

富士山頂

ふじさんちょう

summit of Mt. Fuji

山頂

さんちょう

summit (of a mountain)

登頂

とうちょう

climbing to the summit

絶頂

ぜっちょう

orgasm