絶句

ぜっく

Also written ぜく

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive being lost for words; becoming speechless
2. jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables) See also: 五言絶句 (ごごんぜっく). See also: 七言絶句 (しちごんぜっく).

Kanji

• 絶 cut off. Read as ゼツ.
• 句 phrase. Read as ク.

Words containing 絶句

• 七言絶句 (しちごんぜっく) poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
• 五言絶句 (ごごんぜっく) poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
• 一瞬絶句 (いっしゅんぜっく) breaking off short (in one's speech)

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