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Kanji for Crane
The kanji for “crane” is 鶴, read kaku and written in 21 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
crane
The crane, a symbol of long life and good fortune.
Folding a thousand paper cranes (千羽鶴) is said to make a wish come true.
21 strokes On reading カク (kaku) Kun reading つる (tsuru) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: crane, stork
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kaku, tsu, tsuru
In Japan it appears in about 378 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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