丹頂

Japanese

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

Noun

丹(たん)頂(ちょう) or 丹頂(タンチョウ) • (tanchō) 

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

   Synonym: 丹頂鶴 (tanchō-zuru)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN