Japanese symbol for “haiku”
俳句
はいく
Romaji: haiku
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
In Japanese, haiku is 俳句, read はいく (haiku).
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Meanings
- n haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “haiku”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 句 | く ku | haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc. |
| 発句 | ほっく hokku | haiku |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 俳優 | はいゆう haiyuu | actor; actress; player |
| 俳人 | はいじん haijin | haiku poet |
| 俳諧 | はいかい haikai | haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.) |
| 俳壇 | はいだん haidan | the world of the haiku |
| 俳誌 | はいし haishi | haiku magazine |
| 文句 | もんく monku | complaint; grumbling; objection |
| 語句 | ごく goku | words and phrases; words |
| 節句 | せっく sekku | seasonal festival |
See also: Chinese symbol for “haiku”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.