Chinese

Noun

紅鶴

1. flamingo

Descendants

Japanese

紅鶴 (benizuru): a flamingo.

Etymology

Compound of 紅 ‎(beni, “crimson”) +‎ 鶴 ‎(tsuru, “crane”).^[1]The tsuru changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) べに​づる [bèníꜜzùrù] (Nakadaka - [2])^[2]
• (Tokyo) べにづ​る [bènízúꜜrù] (Nakadaka - [3])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [bẽ̞nizɯᵝɾ̠ɯᵝ]

Noun

紅鶴 ‎(hiragana べにづる, katakana ベニヅル, romaji benizuru)

1. (obsolete) a flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus

Usage notes

The term benizuru is very seldom used anymore in modern Japanese, having been replaced by the term フラミンゴ (​furamingo).

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Noun

紅鶴 • ‎(honghak) ‎(hangeul 홍학)

1. Hanja form^? of 홍학, “flamingo”.

Vietnamese

Noun

紅鶴

1. Hán tự form of hồng hạc, “flamingo”