諧
harmony

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

かな.うやわ.らぐ

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:16
JLPT:N/A
Frequency:N/A

Vocabulary

カイ

WordReadingMeaning
俳諧ハイカイhaikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.); haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century); absurd; comical
俳諧師ハイカイシwriter of haikai poems
半諧音ハンカイオンassonance
諧声カイセイvocal harmony; harmonious voice; harmonious voices; phono-semantic character; semasio-phonetic character; character consisting of a phonetic and a semantic element
諧調カイチョウharmonious melody; harmony; unity; euphony

Other

WordReadingMeaning
滑稽諧謔こっけいかいぎゃくsmooth-talking and humorous; with jocose and comical airs
俳諧の連歌はいかいのれんがhaikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)
諧謔を弄するかいぎゃくをろうするto crack jokes
天狗俳諧てんぐはいかいparlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results); tengu haiku