# 句 — Paragraph

Frequency rank 1018 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 荒 (Wild), less common than 賀 (Congratulations).

- On’yomi: く
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

The character looks like a hooked enclosure — a paragraph mark curling around itself, a neat bracket wrapping text into a contained unit.

In words:

- 句 く — sentence
- 文句 もんく — phrase,complaint
- 俳句 はいく — haiku poetry

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