俳

音読おんよみ: ハイ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: にんべん(亻)

Meaning

Actor / Performer / Haiku / Comic

  • 俳優はいゆう — actor
  • 俳句はいく — haiku
  • 俳壇はいだん — haiku community
  • 俳号はいごう — haiku pen name
  • 俳人はいじん — haiku poet

The left radical 亻 (person) signals a human-related meaning. The right side derives from 非, historically linked with playful or comic performance, which led to senses around entertainers and humorous verse like haiku/haikai.

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