鶏群の一鶴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鶏 群 一 鶴
けい
Grade: S 		ぐん
Grade: 4 		いつ > いっ
Grade: 1 		かく
Grade: S
kan'on goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
鷄群の一鶴 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Based on a passage from the Book of Jin.[1][2]

Semi-calque of Chinese 鶴立雞群 / 鹤立鸡群 (hèlìjīqún, literally “a single crane standing out amongst a flock of chickens”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Idiom

鶏(けい)群(ぐん)の一(いっ)鶴(かく) • (keigun no ikkaku) 

  1. a great man standing out among the crowd

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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