hokku

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hok·ku

H0236400 (hō′ko͞o)n. pl. hokku A haiku.
[Japanese, initial stanza (having the form of a haiku) of a traditional Japanese collaborative poem, created by each poet composing a stanza in response to that of the previous poet : hotsu, to start, give rise to (from Middle Chinese puat; also the source of Mandarin fā) + ku, phrase, haiku; see haiku.]

hokku

(ˈhɒkuː) n, pl -ku (Poetry) prosody another word for haiku[from Japanese, from hok beginning + ku hemistich]

hok•ku

(ˈhɔ ku, ˈhɒk u)

n., pl. -ku. 1. the opening verse of a linked verse series. 2. haiku. [1895–1900; < Japanese, =hok opening, first + ku stanza; earlier fot-ku < Middle Chinese, = Chinese fá depart + jù phrase]
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хокку