Where does “鶴嘴” come from?

鶴嘴 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 嘴, from Japanese 口, from Japanese くち, from Japanese 朽ちる.

鶴嘴 (Japanese): a pickaxe, a pick, a mattock

Definitions

  1. a pickaxe, a pick, a mattock

Ancestry of “鶴嘴”, step by step

鶴嘴 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 嘴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese嘴a beak; a bill
2Japanese口mouth; opening; the mouth
3Japaneseくちmouth
4Japanese朽ちる—

via Japanese 鶴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鶴a crane
2Middle Chinese鶴—
Every word from Japanese 朽ちる →Every word from Japanese くち →Every word from Japanese 口 →