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RTK / HeisigFrame #2093

crane

Lv 49

Strokes: 21

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

crane RTK

Community Mnemonic

501 votes

The original version of the "Ugly Duckling" was about a crane who grew up in a turkey coop. All the other birds made fun of it for not having a wattle or a snood or fanning its tail...

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

On'yomi

かく

Kun'yomi

つる