| 鹤 | hè | crane |
| 丹顶鹤 | dān dǐng hè | red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) |
| 乘鹤 | chéng hè | to fly on a crane; to die |
| 仙鹤 | xiān hè | red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) |
| 天鹤座 | tiān hè zuò | Grus (constellation) |
| 杜荀鹤 | Dù Xún hè | Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet |
| 杳如黄鹤 | yǎo rú huáng hè | to be gone forever (idiom) |
| 松鹤遐龄 | sōng hè xiá líng | longevity |
| 槛花笼鹤 | jiàn huā lóng hè | a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner |
| 火鹤 | huǒ hè | flaming lily (Anthurium andreanum Linden); fire crane flower |
| 火鹤花 | huǒ hè huā | flaming lily (Anthurium andreanum Linden); fire crane flower |
| 焚琴煮鹤 | fén qín zhǔ hè | lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes; fig. to waste valuable resources; to destroy wantonly beautiful things |
| 白鹤 | bái hè | red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) |
| 白鹤拳 | bái hè quán | Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form |
| 白鹤梁 | Bái hè liáng | White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings |
| 纸鹤 | zhǐ hè | paper crane |
| 跨鹤 | kuà hè | to die; to fly on a crane |
| 跨鹤扬州 | kuà hè Yáng zhōu | lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou; to become a Daoist immortal; to die |
| 跨鹤西游 | kuà hè xī yóu | to die |
| 驾鹤成仙 | jià hè chéng xiān | to fly on a crane and become immortal |
| 驾鹤西去 | jià hè xī qù | lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise; fig. to pass away (idiom) |
| 驾鹤西归 | jià hè xī guī | see 驾鹤西去 |
| 驾鹤西游 | jià hè xī yóu | see 驾鹤西去 |
| 骑鹤 | qí hè | to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept); to die |
| 骑鹤上扬州 | qí hè shàng Yáng zhōu | lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position |
| 鹤佬人 | Hè lǎo rén | Hoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan |
| 鹤俸 | hè fèng | an official's emolument |
| 鹤城 | Hè chéng | Hecheng district of Huaihua city 怀化市, Hunan |
| 鹤城区 | Hè chéng qū | Hecheng district of Huaihua city 怀化市, Hunan |
| 鹤壁 | Hè bì | Hebi prefecture level city in Henan |
| 鹤壁市 | Hè bì shì | Hebi prefecture level city in Henan |
| 鹤山 | Hè shān | Heshan district of Hebi city 鹤壁市, Henan; Heshan county level city in Jiangmen 江门, Guangdong |
| 鹤山区 | Hè shān qū | Heshan district of Hebi city 鹤壁市, Henan |
| 鹤山市 | Hè shān shì | Heshan county level city in Jiangmen 江门, Guangdong |
| 鹤峰 | Hè fēng | Hefeng county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州, Hubei |
| 鹤峰县 | Hè fēng xiàn | Hefeng county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州, Hubei |
| 鹤岗 | Hè gǎng | Hegang prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 in northeast China |
| 鹤岗市 | Hè gǎng shì | Hegang prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 in northeast China |
| 鹤庆 | Hè qìng | Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan |
| 鹤庆县 | Hè qìng xiàn | Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan |
| 鹤立鸡群 | hè lì jī qún | a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior |
| 黄鹤楼 | Huáng hè lóu | Yellow crane tower in Wuhan city, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985; favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes; Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔颢, with theme the past will never return; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang tower 岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan 湖南岳阳 and Tengwang tower 滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi 江西南昌 |
| 黑颈鹤 | hēi jǐng hè | black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis); Tibetan crane |
