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Kanji Detail for 句 - "phrase, clause, haiku"

句

  • Meaning

    句 means "phrase, clause, haiku."

    1. Phrase - A section of text or speech.

    2. Bend - To curve; to turn.

    3. Leg - The shorter side of a right triangle.

    4. Engage - To work at a task or duty.

  • Words using 句

    • 俳句 はいく Listen haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
    • 文句 もんく Listen complaint; grumbling; objection
    • 句集 くしゅう Listen collection of haiku poems
    • 絶句 ぜっく Listen being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
    • 節句 せっく Listen seasonal festival
    • 句読点 くとうてん Listen punctuation mark
    • 禁句 きんく Listen taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
    • 慣用句 かんようく Listen idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase

  • Four-character idioms with 句

    • 美辞麗句 びじれいく Listen flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
    • 一字一句 いちじいっく Listen word for word; verbatim; literally
    • 一言一句 いちごんいっく Listen every single word and phrase; word by word
    • 一言半句 いちげんはんく Listen a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
    • 一語一句 いちごいっく Listen every single word and phrase; each and every word
    • 片言隻句 へんげんせきく Listen few words; single phrase

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    • Verified meaning: phrase, clause, haiku
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; counter for haiku

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sentence

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 勾[gou1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    End of a phrase. One utterance is called 一句. | Original character for 勾. Curved. Now commonly written as 勾. | 句當: Meaning to handle. Song dynasty colloquial. Such as 句當公事 (handling official business).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ku(ク) ク

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    phrase clause haiku bend verse sentence composition fragment grammar language literature meter poetry punctuation rhyme rhythm stanza structure syntax passage line wording

Sentences including 句

  • He's always complaining about the food.

  • She says something every time i turn around.

  • Look up the phrase in your dictionary.

  • Father complains of having been busy since last week.

  • They always find fault with others.

  • You're always complaining !

  • She's always complaining about the food.

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