句 (ku) Kanji Meaning: "Phrase" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: A mouth wrapped: phrase.

句 means phrase

clause, sentence, passage, paragraph

A mouth wrapped: phrase.

On'yomi

  • クku

Kun'yomi

  • None

How it's built

  • 勹wrap
  • 口mouth

Common words

  • 句くsection (i.e. of text); sentence
  • 節句せっくseasonal festival
  • 俳句はいくhaiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
  • 挙句あげくafter (a long process); at the end of

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