This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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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