紅鶴

See also: 红鹤

Chinese
 
red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
 crane
trad. (紅鶴) 紅 鶴
simp. (红鹤) 红 鹤

Pronunciation

Noun

紅鶴

  1. flamingo

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (紅鶴):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
紅 鶴
べに
Grade: 6		 つる > づる
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 紅 (beni, “crimson”) +‎ 鶴 (tsuru, “crane”).[1][2][3] The tsuru reading for 鶴 changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

紅鶴 (hiragana べにづる, katakana ベニヅル, rōmaji benizuru)

  1. (dated, rare) Synonym of フラミンゴ (furamingo, “flamingo”) (bird)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
紅鶴

Noun

紅鶴 • (honghak) (hangeul 홍학)

  1. Hanja form? of 홍학 (“flamingo”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
紅鶴

Noun

紅鶴

  1. Hán tự form of hồng hạc (“flamingo”).
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