Reading

Kana:
Romaji: ku
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: すく
Romaji: suku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

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

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  5
Radical Number:  20
Frequency:  1244
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  3-2-3
Korean Reading:  gwi
Chinese Reading:  gou1
Unicode:  53e5
JIS:  3667

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2967
Nelson Index: 745
New Nelson Index: 693
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d2.13
Four Corner Index: 2762.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 655
Gakken Index: 1258
Daikanwanjiten Index: 3234
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0744
Remembering the kanji Index: 65
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1123
Kodansha Compact Index: 315
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 683
Kanji in Context Index: 663
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1881
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2561
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 65
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 69
Essential Kanji Index: 795
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3685
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2549
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 592
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 650

Words

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section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim; saying; idiom; expression
文句 (もんく)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
句集 (くしゅう)
collection of haiku poems
語句 (ごく)
words; phrases
絶句 (ぜっく、ぜく)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
俳句 (はいく)
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
揚げ句 (あげく)
in the end (after a long process); finally; after all; at last; last line (of a renga)
高句麗 (こうくり)
Goguryeo (ancient Korean kingdom)
句碑 (くひ)
slab with a haiku cut on it
節句 (せっく)
seasonal festival
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