発句 (ほっく)first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka

Kanji in 発句

• 発Departure; Discharge; PublishRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N4
• 句Phrase; Clause; SentenceRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1

Words that share its kanji

• 発言はつげんstatement; remark
• 開発かいはつdevelopment; exploitation
• 反発はんぱつopposition; rebellion
• 発展はってんdevelopment; growth
• 発行はっこうpublication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.)
• 発表はっぴょうannouncement; publication
• 先発せんぱつstarting in advance; starting first
• 原発げんぱつnuclear power plant; nuclear power generation
• 俳句はいくhaiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
• 文句もんくcomplaint; grumbling
• 句くsection (i.e. of text); sentence
• 句集くしゅうcollection of haiku poems
• 揚げ句あげくafter (a long process); at the end of
• 絶句ぜっくbeing lost for words; becoming speechless
• 一句いっくphrase (verse, line)
• 初節句はつぜっくbaby's first annual festival