七言絶句

Reading

Kana: しちごんぜっく

Romaji: shichigonzekku

Definition

noun

1

poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters

Kanji

七

Readings: シチ、 なな、 なな.つ、 なの

Meaning: seven

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word

絶

Readings: ゼツ、 た.える、 た.やす、 た.つ

Meanings: discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress

句

Reading: ク

Meanings: phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku