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Phrase Mouth Haiku Morae Japanese Punctuation Wrapping 句

Kanji
Onyomi
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
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.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grade5, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_human.activities_communication

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