俳句 (pái jù) — haiku (Japanese poetry form)

Definition

noun

haiku (Japanese poetry form)

Measure word · 首

俳句，。
Tā xǐ huan xiě pái jù, měi yì shǒu dū zhǐ yǒu shí qī gè yīn jié.
He likes writing haiku; each one has only seventeen syllables.
俳句，。
pái jù Shì yì zhǒng duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn de shī gē xíng shì, yuán yú rì běn.
Haiku is a concise form of poetry that originated in Japan.
俳句，。
Zhè shǒu pái jù miáo xiě le chūn tiān de jǐng sè, ràng rén gǎn dào níng jìng.
This haiku describes spring scenery and makes people feel peaceful.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

俳 carries the comic sense and 句 a verse, together naming the Japanese haiku form.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻非俳

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

非

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 亻 marks a person, and the right part 非 gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

丩丩jiūto entangle

Sound part声符shēngfú

口

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

句 pairs 丩, originally two entangled ropes and giving a sense of entangling, with 口 as the sound part.

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