俳
haiku, actor
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
20 of 29- 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
Study
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.