Word Meaning 鶴頚

つるくび tsurukubi

鶴頚 is read as つるくび (tsurukubi) and means item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle).

Meaning

English

item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle)
long-necked person

Reading

Kana

つるくび

Romaji

tsurukubi

Writing Variants

つる首 つるくび tsurukubi
鶴首つるくび tsurukubi
鶴頸つるくび tsurukubi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鶴

つる

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

鶴見大学

つるみだいがく

Tsurumi University

鶴岡工業高等専門学校

つるおかこうぎょうこうとうせんもんがっこう

Tsuruoka National College of Technology

鶴の一声

つるのひとこえ

final word

鶴首して待つ

かくしゅしてまつ

to wait expectantly

鶴は千年亀は万年

つるはせんねんかめはまんねん

enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation

鶴首

かくしゅ

looking forward to

鶴来る

つるきたる

migration of cranes to their nesting grounds

鶴の技

つるのわざ

crane kick (in the movie Karate Kid)

鶴科

つるか

Gruidae (bird family comprising the cranes)

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)

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鶴首 Tsurukubi