Etymology

hokku

H4O1K5K5U1

Today it means: Synonym of haiku (“type of Japanese poem”). Full definition →

Japanese 発句
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from発句
  2. English todayhokku

From Japanese 発句 (hokku).

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