鹤
crane
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,376 U+9E64
How 鹤 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鸟 (semantic, “bird”) + 隺 (phonetic)
How to remember it
crane · Heisig RSH #2868
鸟 bird + house + turkey
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 隺
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 隺 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隺 sound component | — | flying high; ambition |
| 傕 | jué | used in old names |
| 榷 | què | footbridge; levy, toll; monopoly |
Words containing 鹤
| 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… |