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丹頂

丹頂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	頂
たん Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

丹頂 ‎(hiragana たんちょう, katakana タンチョウ, romaji tanchō)

sacred Japanese crane; red-crested white crane, Grus japonensis

Synonyms

丹頂鶴

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112