俳
俳 — Haiku
haiku, actor
On’yomiハイ (hai)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 俳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 俳優 | はいゆう haiyuu | actor; actress; player |
| 俳句 | はいく haiku | haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae |
| 俳人 | はいじん haijin | haiku poet |
| 俳壇 | はいだん haidan | the world of the haiku |
| 俳諧 | はいかい haikai | haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.); haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century); absurd |
Study notes
俳 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1137 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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