Entry
  1. Noun

    item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle)

  2. long-necked person

Also written つる首【つるくび】鶴頸【つるくび】鶴頚【つるくび】

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Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

neck, counter for songs and poems

Kun
くび
On
シュ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
98 of 2500
Radical
head
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

おびとこべ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-6SKIP code
2o7.2The Kanji Dictionary
8060.1Four corner code
979deroo
9996Unicode hex code
1-28-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5186Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6719New Nelson (John Haig)
2265New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2818Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1452Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1956Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
70Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
74Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
208A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
920Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
138Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44489Morohashi
139A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
148Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
239sakade
281Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
155henshall3
177Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
393Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1910Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
70Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level