Question

句 すく 俳句(はいく): haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae文句(もんく): (1) phrase (2) complaint句(く): (1) section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph (2) phrase (3) verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry) (4) haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc. (5) maxim; saying; idiom; expression句読点(くとうてん): punctuation mark; punctuation marks語句(ごく): words; phrases佳句(かく): beautiful passage of literature 5 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20)口: mouth 口 3 (none) phrase A bound mouth cannot utter a single phrase.

Accepted Answer

ク phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku 1 1244 5 30 くち・くちへん 会意 Compound Ideographic Some Japanese phrases are difficult to wrap your mouth around.

Kanji	句
Onyomi	ク
Nanori	すく
English	phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
Examples	俳句(はいく): haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae 文句(もんく): (1) phrase (2) complaint 句(く): (1) section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph (2) phrase (3) verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry) (4) haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc. (5) maxim; saying; idiom; expression 句読点(くとうてん): punctuation mark; punctuation marks 語句(ごく): words; phrases 佳句(かく): beautiful passage of literature
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	1244
Components	勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 口: mouth
Number of Strokes	5
Kanji Radical	口
Radical Number	30
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	くち・くちへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	phrase
Koohii Story 1	Some Japanese phrases are difficult to wrap your mouth around.
Koohii Story 2	A bound mouth cannot utter a single phrase.

Phrase Mouth Haiku Morae Japanese Punctuation Wrapping 句