Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hokku

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: hokku
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of haiku (“type of Japanese poem”).

Etymology

From Japanese 発句 (hokku).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 発句

Inflected Forms

hokkus (plural)

Synonyms

haiku

Questions

What does hokku mean?: Synonym of haiku (“type of Japanese poem”).
Where does hokku come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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