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Dictionary / 鶴

鶴

JLPT N1

crane, stork

Strokes: 21 画
Taught in: grade 8
Frequency: #1369 in newspapers

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音 On: カク
訓 Kun: つる

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Words written with 鶴

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

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