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ㄏㄜ ˋ

hè

crane

鶴 is a 21 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as hè in the fourth tone.

In simplified Chinese the character 鹤 is used.

  • 鶴
    ㄏㄜ ˋ

    hè

    crane

    • 隺
      ㄏㄨ ˊ

      hú

      • 巾
        ㄐㄧㄣ

        jīn

        towel

      • 隹
        ㄓㄨㄟ

        zhuī

        sparrow

    • 鳥
      ㄋㄧㄠ ˇ

      niǎo

      bird

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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 鶴

Definitions for 鶴 pronounced as hè

  • crane

Vocabulary

The most common words for 鶴 — see all

黄

ㄏㄨㄤ ˊ

huáng

鹤

ㄏㄜ ˋ

hè

楼

ㄌㄡ ˊ

lóu

黃

ㄏㄨㄤ ˊ

huáng

鶴

ㄏㄜ ˋ

hè

樓

ㄌㄡ ˊ

lóu
  • Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
  • favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes
  • Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return'
  • one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
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