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俳

Haiku
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingハイ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 6Level 23

Meanings

  1. haikuRtK
  2. actor
    彼は俳優のオリヴィエに対して賛嘆の念を抱いている。He has a great admiration for actor Olivier.tatoeba
    彼は俳優になるべきだったのに。He ought to have been an actor.tatoeba
  1. 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · un- · jail cell · prison bars

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1761

Compound words

俳壇はいだん
the world of the haiku
俳句はいく
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
俳人はいじん
haiku poet
俳優はいゆう
actor; actress; player; performer
俳画はいが
briefly drawn picture
俳号はいごう
pseudonym of a haiku poet
俳聖はいせい
famous haiku poet
俳文はいぶん
prose with a poetic haiku flavor (flavour)
俳味はいみ
subdued taste
俳友はいゆう
(haiku) poetry pals
俳徊はいかい
wandering (around)
俳諧はいかい
haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.)
俳諧師はいかいし
writer of haikai poems
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)
俳優労働組合はいゆうろうどうくみあい
Actors Equity Association

On Reading Examples

サトヤマ先生の作品が俳壇に強烈なパンチを与えた。はいだん
Mr. Satoyama's work made a big impression in the world of haiku.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は俳優になるべきだった。
He ought to have been an actor.tatoeba
彼は俳優です。
He is an actor.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Haiku; actor. 亻 (person) + 非 (not ordinary) — an unusual person: poet, actor. 俳句 — haiku.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 俳

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step