Word Meaning 章句

しょうく shouku

章句 is read as しょうく (shouku) and means chapter and verse.

Meaning

English

  1. chapter and verse
  2. paragraph
  3. passage

Reading

Kana

しょうく

Romaji

shouku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 124606 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

章を断ち義を取る

しょうをたちぎをとる

to interpret (and use) a passage without regard to its context

揚げ句

あげく

last line (of a renga)

文句

もんく

complaint

俳句

はいく

haiku

phrase

絶句

ぜく

jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

慣用句

かんようく

idiom

禁句

きんく

taboo word

節句

せっく

seasonal festival

語句

ごく

words

美辞麗句

びじれいく

flowery words

一句

いっく

one haiku-poem

Example Sentences

1

そのしょうくをいんようした。

i quoted that passage.