harmony

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

かな.うやわ.らぐ

Information

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

Vocabulary

カイ

WordReadingMeaning
はいかい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
はいかいしwriter of haikai poems
はんかいおんassonance
かいせいvocal harmony; harmonious voice; harmonious voices; phono-semantic character; semasio-phonetic character; character consisting of a phonetic and a semantic element
調かいちょうharmonious melody; harmony; unity; euphony

Other

WordReadingMeaning
こっけいかいぎゃくsmooth-talking and humorous; with jocose and comical airs
はいかいのれんがhaikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)
かいぎゃくをろうするto crack jokes
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