千羽鶴

Japanese
Kanji in this term
千 羽 鶴
せん
Grade: 1		 は > ば
Grade: 2		 つる > づる
Grade: S
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

From 千 (sen, “one thousand”) +‎ 羽 (-ba, counter for birds) + 鶴 (tsuru, “crane”).

The tsuru changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せんばづ​る [sèńbázúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) せんば​づる [sèńbáꜜzùrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞mba̠zɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

千(せん)羽(ば)鶴(づる) • (senbazuru) 

  1. a set of one thousand origami cranes held by a string, originally dedicated to a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple, now used to bring good luck to those in recovery or as a gift
  2. a colorful crane pattern (for example, in dyeing)

See also
  • 折(お)り鶴(づる) (orizuru)

Proper noun

千(せん)羽(ば)鶴(づる) • (Senbazuru) 

  1. a novel by Yasunari Kawabata

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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