鹤

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crane

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HSK 3.0: Level 7–9
Strokes: 15
Radical: 鳥 +10
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 鶴
Common rank: #1,376
Unicode: U+9E64

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Formation & memory

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How 鹤 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

鸟 meaning “bird” + 隺 sound

Components 隺鸟

How to remember it

crane · Heisig RSH #2868

鸟 bird + house + turkey

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 鹤

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
鹤山区	Hè shān Qū	Heshan, a district of Hebi City 鶴壁市\|鹤壁市[He4 bi4 Shi4], Henan
鹤山市	Hè shān Shì	Heshan, a county-level city in Jiangmen City 江門市\|江门市[Jiang1 men2 Shi4], Guangdong
白头鹤	bái tóu hè	(bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)
鹤城区	Hè chéng Qū	Hecheng, a district of Huaihua City 懷化市\|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan
火鹤花	huǒ hè huā	flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
天鹤座	Tiān hè zuò	Grus (constellation)
鹤立鸡群	hè lì jī qún	a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
一琴一鹤	yī qín yī hè	carrying very little luggage (idiom); honest and incorruptible (government officials)
鹤山	Hè shān	see 鶴山區\|鹤山区[He4 shan1 Qu1]; see 鶴山市\|鹤山市[He4 shan1 Shi4]
白鹤	bái hè	(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
驾鹤西游	jià hè xī yóu	see 駕鶴西去\|驾鹤西去[jia4 he4 xi1 qu4]
鹤城	Hè chéng	see 鶴城區\|鹤城区[He4 cheng2 Qu1]
黄鹤楼	Huáng hè Lóu	Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985; favor…
火鹤	huǒ hè	flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
驾鹤西去	jià hè xī qù	lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise; fig. to pass away (idiom)
鹤壁市	Hè bì Shì	Hebi, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]
鹤峰县	Hè fēng Xiàn	Hefeng, a county in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia…
驾鹤西归	jià hè xī guī	see 駕鶴西去\|驾鹤西去[jia4 he4 xi1 qu4]
白鹤梁	Bái hè liáng	White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the …
鹤庆县	Hè qìng Xiàn	Heqing, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1…

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 隺 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
隺 sound part	—	flying high; ambition
傕	jué	used in old names
榷	què	footbridge; levy, toll; monopoly