懂中文 Dong Chinese

鶴

hè

crane

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 隺 represents the sound.

Components
隺 sound,meaning component

隺  Sound Meaning component

hú, què, hè

  

(crane), very high

鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

Evolution

鶴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鶴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鹤 (鶴) 

hè

crane; Grus species (various)

Most common words with 鶴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鹤

crane

鹤立鸡群

manifestly superior

白鹤

(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)

黄鹤楼

favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes

仙鹤

red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)