Haiku

Meaning

1. (masculine,neuter,strong) haiku (Japanese poem of a specific form: 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables)
2. (masculine,neuter,strong) haiku (poem in any language of the same form)

Concepts

haiku

hokku

haiku poetry

haikai

Haiku

Synonyms

Gedicht

Vers

Hokku

Haikai

kurzes japanisches Sinngedicht

kurze japanisches Sinngedicht

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ̯ku/

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese: -

In summary

Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku) from Middle Chinese 俳 (bɛj, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kjù, “line”).