俳句

Chinese

irresolute; not serious; variety show (a measure word, for sentences or lines of verse); sentence
trad. (俳句)
simp. #(俳句)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (はい)() (haiku).

Pronunciation


Noun

俳句

  1. haiku

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はい
Grade: 6

Grade: 5
on'yomi
Examples

"old pond" by Matsuo Bashō:

古池や蛙飛び込む水の音 (ふるいけや / かわずとびこむ / みずのおと)

"old pond / frog leaps in / water's sound"

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いく [hàíkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ikɯ̟]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

(はい)() • (haiku

  1. haiku, a poem that usually consists of 5-7-5 morae

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN