Kanji · first appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary
俳

俳 – haiku, actor

10 strokesTaught in grade 6#1137 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 俳 means haiku, actor. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハイ (hai). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiハイhai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・非.

Words using 俳

Example sentences

彼は俳優になるべきだった。
He ought to have been an actor.
これは芭蕉の非常に有名な俳句です。
This is a very famous haiku by Basho.

Kanji with the same radical

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