つる
鶴
かめ
亀
ざん
算

noun

  1. obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs, calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
つる
鶴
かめ
亀
ざん
算
 鶴亀算 つるかめざん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

crane, stork
つる　カク　たず (11th, N1)
crane (bird)
つる (Kentei 1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ　スイ　とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
bird, chicken
とり　チョウ　とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
tortoise, turtle
かめ　キ　キュウ (11th, N1)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
lightning, electricity
hidden, mysterious, secret
イン　オン　かく.す
calculate, divining, number
サン　そろ (2nd, N2)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)