懂中文 Dong Chinese

鹤

hè

crane

Components
隺 sound component

隺  Sound component

hú, què, hè

  

(crane), very high

鸟 meaning component

鸟  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

bird

Evolution

鹤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鹤 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鹤 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

鹤 (鶴) 

hè

crane; Grus species (various)

Most common words with 鹤
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)