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Kotomora

俳

haiku, actor

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • ハイ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

俳 centers on performance and artistic expression, specifically the concise poetic form of haiku and the role of an actor who performs it or other dramatic works.

Most common words using 俳

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  • 俳優はいゆう
    N4

    actor; actress; player; performer

  • 俳句はいく
    N2

    haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

  • 俳人はいじん

    haiku poet

  • 俳諧はいかい

    haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.)

  • 俳壇はいだん

    the world of the haiku

  • アクション俳優アクションはいゆう

    action movie actor; action star

  • 俳優労働組合はいゆうろうどうくみあい

    Actors Equity Association

  • 俳優組合はいゆうくみあい

    British Actors' Equity Association

  • 俳友はいゆう

    (haiku) poetry pals

  • 俳句会はいくかい

    haiku gathering

  • 俳号はいごう

    pseudonym of a haiku poet

  • 俳名はいめい

    pseudonym of a haiku poet

  • 俳味はいみ

    subdued taste; refined taste; haiku (poetic) flavor (flavour)

  • 俳文はいぶん

    prose with a poetic haiku flavor (flavour)

  • 俳画はいが

    briefly drawn picture; haiku picture

  • 俳聖はいせい

    famous haiku poet; the poet Basho

  • 俳誌はいし

    haiku magazine

  • 俳諧の連歌はいかいのれんが

    haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)

  • 俳諧味はいかいみ

    haiku-like quality; clever feeling; witty flavor

  • 俳諧師はいかいし

    writer of haikai poems

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Etymology

俳 combines 亻 (person) with 非, which likely contributes the sound ハイ and may relate to the idea of arranging or lining up, as in a performance or poetic sequence.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 beside 非, which looks like two wings or a stage curtain. Picture an actor on stage, or a poet arranging lines of haiku.

Reading mnemonic

For ハイ, imagine an actor on stage giving a high-five after a perfect haiku performance: high -> ハイ.