Phrase

"Phrase" by Nao

ku

When we talk about grammar rules or languages in general, ku means a phrase. Zekku is a situation in which you are too appalled to respond. It literally means vanishing phrases.

In literature, poems and a part of a poem are called ku. It is also a unit of Japanese short poems. Japanese poems such as haiku and tanka are counted by this unit. The ku of haiku is this character.

One haiku or one tanka is ikku; two, niku; three, sanku, and so on.

Tanka consists of “kami no ku” and “shimo no ku.” In both phrases, ku is today’s character. These phrases mean the upper part of tanka and the lower part of tanka, respectively. The former part is tanka’s first three lines composed of 5 syllabics, 7 and 5 and the latter part is its last two lines composed of 7 syllabics and 7.

1. Draw the sweeping stroke.
2. Draw the hook with an upward turn.
3. Begin to draw the rectangle. First, draw the left side of the rectangle.
4. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
5. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.

The kanji for “Phrase” with the stroke order and arrows showing directions.