折鶴

折鶴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
折	鶴
お(り) Grade: 4	つる > づる Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 折 (お)り鶴 (づる) (orizuru)

Etymology

Compound of 折り (おり, ori, “folding”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 折る (おる, oru, “to fold”)) +‎ 鶴 (つる, tsuru, “crane (bird)”).[1] The tsuru changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

paper cranes

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) おり​づる [òríꜜzùrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • (Tokyo) おりづる [òrízúrú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ɾʲizɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

折鶴 (hiragana おりづる, rōmaji orizuru)

1. An origami paper crane, regarded as a symbol of peace, happiness, good fortune and longevity.

Further reading

• origami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• orizuru on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• crane (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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 4-385-13905-9