鹤 Strokes Write it Listen 鹤 hè crane; Grus species (various) HSK 7–9 15 strokes Radical 鸟 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from隺soundhúflying high; ambition鸟meaningniǎobird How it works鸟 hints at the meaning (bird), and 隺 hú hints at the sound.