絶句

Readings

Kana: ぜっく、ぜく

Romaji: zekku, zeku

Definitions

noun

vs

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless

2

jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

See also: 五言絶句 七言絶句

Kanji

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