Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 千鶴(Japanese Kanji) ちづる(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. CHEE-ZOO-ROO [key·IPA] 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. Categories animals, birds, fortune, numeric meanings