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Chinese symbol for “haiku”

俳句
pái jù
haiku (Japanese poetic form)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for haiku is 俳句 (pái jù), defined as: haiku (Japanese poetic form).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

俳 pái
actor; vaudeville show; insincere
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes
句 jù
sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 俳句.

WordPinyinMeaning
俳优 (俳優)pái yōu(historical) comic entertainer; court entertainer
俳佪pái huáivariant of 徘徊 (pái huái)
俳谐 (俳諧)pái xié(literary) humorous; facetious
一句yī jùa line of verse; a sentence
句子jù zisentence; 个 (gè)
语句 (語句)yǔ jùsentence
换句话说 (換句話說)huàn jù huà shuōin other words
两句 (兩句)liǎng jù(say) a few words

See also: Japanese symbol for “haiku”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.