Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 千鶴(Japanese Kanji) ちづる(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /t͡ɕi.zɨᵝ.ɾɯᵝ/ Meaning & History From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)". A Japanese legend says that a person who folds a thousand origami cranes within one year will be granted a wish.