Entry
  1. Noun

    paper crane; origami crane

    今禎子にできることは、折り鶴を折って奇跡を願うことだけだった。
    All Sadako could do now was to make paper cranes and hope for a miracle.

Also written 折鶴【おりづる】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit

Kun
お.るおりお.り-お.りお.れる
On
セツシャク
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
962 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Used in names as

せき

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3c4.7The Kanji Dictionary
5202.1Four corner code
1354deroo
6298Unicode hex code
1-32-62JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1855Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2094New Nelson (John Haig)
253New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
297Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
189Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
225Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1130Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1211Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
830A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
385Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
585Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11890Morohashi
522A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1394Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1483Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
651sakade
560Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
551henshall3
485Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
772Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
860Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1139Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhe2, she2, zhe1Pinyin reading
jeol, jeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

crane, stork

Kun
つる
On
カク
Strokes
21
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1369 of 2500
Radical
bird
WaniKani
Level 49

Built from

Used in names as

たず

Dictionary and index codes (25)
CodeReference
1-10-11SKIP code
11b10.1The Kanji Dictionary
4722.7Four corner code
1650deroo
9db4Unicode hex code
1-36-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5365Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6995New Nelson (John Haig)
1850New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2326Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1201Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1641Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1943Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2093Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1120A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2926Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1917Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
47185Morohashi
2277Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
950Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1962Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
he4, hao2Pinyin reading
hagKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
49WaniKani level