Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1369 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 21

Meaning: crane, stork

Kunyomi: つる

Onyomi: カク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: bird

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カクシュ looking forward to

首して待つ カクシュシテマツ to wait expectantly, to be full of anticipation, to long for

鶏群の一 ケイグンノイッカク a swan among ducklings, a diamond among stones, a great figure among the common run of men

鶏群一 ケイグンイッカク a swan among ducklings, a diamond among stones, a great figure among the common run of men

Kunyomi Examples

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

ツル科 ツルか Gruidae (bird family comprising the cranes)

掃き溜めに はきだめにつる a jewel in a dunghill

焼け野の雉夜の やけののきぎすよるのつる parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)