句 — kanji meaning “phrase”
句
phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
- Meanings
- phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
- On'yomi
- ク (ku)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- すく
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1244 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- jù, gōu — Chinese character page
Words with 句
| 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 |
| 句集 | くしゅう kushuu | collection of haiku poems |
| 句読点 | くとうてん kutouten | punctuation mark |
| 禁句 | きんく kinku | taboo word; forbidden topic |
| 一句 | いっく ikku | phrase (verse, line) |
| 美辞麗句 | びじれいく bijireiku | flowery words; rhetorical flourishes |
| 句会 | くかい kukai | gathering of haiku poets |
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