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鹤

hè

Character Traditional 鶴

What 鹤 means

1. crane

Example sentences

• 教我怎么折纸鹤吧。我忘记怎么折了。
  Jiāo wǒ zěnme zhézhǐ hè ba. wǒ wàngjì zěnme zhé le.
  Teach me how to fold a paper crane, I forget to do it.
• 教我怎幺折纸鹤吧。我忘记怎幺折了。
  Teach me how to fold a paper crane. I forgot how to fold it.
• 不像狗, 这只鹤从来没有梦想过飞翔。
  Bù xiàng gǒu, zhè zhī hè cóngláiméiyǒu mèngxiǎng guo fēixiáng.
  The crane, unlike the dog, has never dreamed of flying.
• 今祯子当时能做的就是折纸鹤并期盼奇迹。
  Jīn zhēn zǐ dāngshí néng zuò de jiùshì zhézhǐ hè bìng qīpàn qíjì.
  All Sadako could do now was to make paper cranes and hope for a miracle.
• 如果一个病人折一千只纸鹤, 她的愿望就会成真。
  Rúguǒ yī gè bìngrén zhé yī qiān zhī zhǐhè, tā de yuànwàng jiù huì chéngzhēn.
  If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, her wish will come true.

Words starting with 鹤

• 鹤立鸡群hè lì jī qúna crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
• 鹤佬人Hè lǎo rénHoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan
• 鹤城区Hè chéng QūHecheng, a district of Huaihua City 怀化市
• 鹤壁市Hè bì ShìHebi, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
• 鹤山区Hè shān QūHeshan, a district of Hebi City 鹤壁市
• 鹤山市Hè shān ShìHeshan, a county-level city in Jiangmen City 江门市
• 鹤峰县Hè fēng XiànHefeng, a county in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州
• 鹤岗市Hè gǎng ShìHegang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龙江省
• 鹤庆县Hè qìng XiànHeqing, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州
• 鹤嘴锄hè zuǐ chúpickax
• 鹤俸hè fèngan official's emolument
• 鹤鹬hè yù(bird species of China) spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus)
• 鹤城Hè chéngsee 鹤城区
• 鹤壁Hè bìsee 鹤壁市
• 鹤山Hè shānsee 鹤山区; see 鹤山市
• 鹤峰Hè fēngsee 鹤峰县
• 鹤岗Hè gǎngsee 鹤岗市
• 鹤庆Hè qìngsee 鹤庆县

Words containing 鹤

• 黄鹤楼Huáng hè LóuYellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985…
• 纸鹤zhǐ hèpaper crane
• 白鹤bái hè(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
• 仙鹤xiān hèred-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
• 乘鹤chéng hèto fly on a crane; to die
• 火鹤huǒ hèflamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
• 灰鹤huī hè(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
• 跨鹤kuà hèto die; to fly on a crane
• 骑鹤qí hèto ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
• 丹顶鹤dān dǐng hè(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
• 天鹤座Tiān hè zuòGrus (constellation)
• 沙丘鹤shā qiū hè(bird species of China) sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
• 火鹤花huǒ hè huāflamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
• 白枕鹤bái zhěn hè(bird species of China) white-naped crane (Antigone vipio)
• 白头鹤bái tóu hè(bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)
• 白鹤拳bái hè quánBaihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form
• 白鹤梁Bái hè liángWhite Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the…
• 白鹤滩Bái hè tānBaihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江
• 赤颈鹤chì jǐng hè(bird species of China) sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
• 骑鹤化qí hè huà(Daoism) to die
• 黑颈鹤hēi jǐng hè(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
• 焚琴煮鹤fén qín zhǔ hèlit. to burn zithers and cook cranes; fig. to waste valuable resources…
• 跨鹤扬州kuà hè Yáng zhōulit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou; to become a Daoist immortal; to die
• 跨鹤西游kuà hè xī yóuto die

Characters that look like 鹤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 额éforehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 糕gāocake
• 褪tuìto take off (clothes); to shed (feathers); (of color) to fade…
• 龈yíngums (of the teeth)
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 褊biǎnnarrow; urgent

Sounds the same

Read hè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贺to congratulate
• 赫awe-inspiring; abbr. for 赫兹
• 喝to shout
• 褐brown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 壑gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. huò
• 荷to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility
• 吓to scare; to intimidate; to threaten
• 和to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence…
• 暍hot
• 嗃scold with severity
• 垎(literary) (of soil) dry and hard; (used in place names)
• 焃fiery; bright