Word Meaning 丹頂鶴

たんちょうづる tanchouzuru

丹頂鶴 is read as たんちょうづる (tanchouzuru) and means red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis).

Meaning

English

  1. red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
  2. Japanese crane

Reading

Kana

たんちょうづる

Romaji

tanchouzuru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 134401 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

丹頂

たんちょう

Tanchō (koi variety)

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)

つる

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

千羽鶴

せんばづる

(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes

真鶴

まなづる

white-naped crane (Grus vipio)

白鶴

はくつる

Hakutsuru (brand of sake)