JLPT N1 · 5 strokes
Kanji 句: "phrase, clause, sentence"
The kanji 句 means "phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku". It is written with 5 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ク in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 5 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 1244 of 2,501 |
Common words with 句
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 文句complaint; grumbling; objection · phrase; words; expression
- 文句を言うse plaindre, râler, faire des reproches
- 絶句being lost for words; becoming speechless · jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
- 挙句after (a long process); at the end of · last line (of a renga)
- 詩句verse
- 句section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph · phrase
- 文句なしundisputed; entirely; perfect
- 文句をつけるto complain; to lodge a complaint
- 一言一句every single word and phrase; word by word
- 禁句taboo word; forbidden topic · words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
- 俳句haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
- 挙句の果てfinally; in the end; after all that; eventually
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