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haiku

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"Three-line poem"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈhaɪkuː/Part of speech nounSorted ahikuStarts with HEnds with U1 cluesCommon crossword word
1H2A3I4K5U

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Definitions

  1. Short Japanese poetic form, often in three lines.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Some of the results resemble haikus.
  • Haiku, a poem
  • five beats, then seven, then five

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