Where does “黒鶴” come from?

黒鶴 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鶴, from Middle Chinese 鶴.

黒鶴 (Japanese): a common crane

Definitions

  1. a common crane

Ancestry of “黒鶴”, step by step

黒鶴 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鶴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鶴a crane
2Middle Chinese鶴—

via Japanese 黒

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese黒black; a black stone; the person who plays black...
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