Meanings
Readings
Common Words
complaint; grumbling; objection
phrase; words; expression
being lost for words; becoming speechless
jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
Adverb (fukushi); Esp. after plain past verb, or as 〜のあげく(に)
after (a long process); at the end of
last line (of a renga)
ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)
to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit; to mark off
to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud); to space one's words
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation
break; end; (place to) stop; pause; milestone (e.g. in a project)
section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
Linguistics
phrase
verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
maxim; saying; idiom; expression
Computing
clause (e.g. in a database query language)
undisputed; entirely; perfect
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
The core concepts or meanings associated with this specific kanji.
Constituents
The visual building blocks used to craft this character's story.
Mnemonic Stories
A phrase is a series of words bound up and packaged together by your mouth.
A bound mouth cannot speak a single phrase.
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