Japanese symbol for “paragraph”
句
く
Romaji: ku
section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
In Japanese, paragraph is 句, read く (ku).
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Meanings
- n, n-suf section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
- n, n-suf phrase (ling)
- n, n-suf verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
- n, n-suf haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
- n, n-suf maxim; saying; idiom; expression
- n, n-suf clause (e.g. in a database query language) (comp)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “paragraph”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 段落 | だんらく danraku | paragraph |
| 段 | だん dan | paragraph; passage |
| 件 | くだり kudari | passage; paragraph |
| 節 | せつ setsu | section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; paragraph |
| 項 | こう kou | clause; paragraph; item |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文句 | もんく monku | complaint; grumbling; objection |
| 俳句 | はいく haiku | haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae |
| 語句 | ごく goku | words and phrases; words |
| 節句 | せっく sekku | seasonal festival |
| 絶句 | ぜっく zekku | being lost for words; becoming speechless |
| 挙句 | あげく ageku | after (a long process); at the end of |
See also: Chinese symbol for “paragraph”.
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.