切れ字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
切 字
き
Grade: 2 		じ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spelling
切字

Noun

切(き)れ字(じ) • (kireji) 

  1. (poetry) particles or auxiliary verbs such as や (ya), かな (kana), けり (keri) used to punctuate Japanese poetry like haiku or renga
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