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カンムリヅル (かんむりづる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

カンムリヅル

Meanings

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noun

black crowned crane

usually written using kana alone

Refers specifically to Balearica pavonina, a crane species with a distinctive golden crest.

動どう物ぶつ園えんでカンムリヅルを見みた。
I saw a black crowned crane at the zoo.

Written forms

カンムリヅル
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this bird name; usually written in kana.
冠かんむり鶴づる
Kanji spelling exists but is rarely used; the bird is almost always written in kana.

Kanji

冠crown, best, peerless
鶴crane, stork

Etymology

Compound of 冠 (かんむり, 'crown') and 鶴 (つる, 'crane'), referring to the bird's crown-like crest. The reading づる is a rendaku form of つる.