Haiku — Lexography

Journey of meaning

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haiku · Japanese
noun · Japanese
Reading: high-koo
the short poem. Historical source-stage form associated with haiku; the journey preserves the source's qualifications.
No secure word-specific date — Historical and lexical sources were checked, but the inspected evidence does not supply a secure dated witness for this displayed source-stage form. The map and reading are retained without manufacturing chronology.
Japan / East Asia — A supported language, speech, community or historical-reference region; not a precise lexical birthplace or borrowing point.
haiku is the inspected source form associated with the historical source stage for English haiku. haiku(n.) opening paragraph
Haiku is recorded from 1902 from Japanese haiku, telescoped from haikai no ku comic verse or verses; the form developed from an opening section of linked verse. haiku(n.) opening paragraph
haiku: The source-language form and conventional reading are retained at the inspected dictionary scope. headword and pronunciation section
haiku: Japan / East Asia is retained as a supported language, speech, community or historical-reference region, not as a precise word birthplace. headword and language/reference scope
haiku: The retained route, sense boundaries and unresolved alternatives follow the existing inspected source account and the Batch 02 editorial risk note. haiku(n.) opening paragraph
haiku · English
noun · English
Reading: HY-koo
the short poem. The English form and selected sense are represented from the inspected lexical account; unsupported pronunciation and location are left unresolved.
No secure word-specific date — Historical and lexical sources were checked, but the inspected evidence does not supply a secure dated witness for this displayed source-stage form. The map and reading are retained without manufacturing chronology.
Japan / East Asia — A supported language, speech, community or historical-reference region; not a precise lexical birthplace or borrowing point.
Haiku is recorded from 1902 from Japanese haiku, telescoped from haikai no ku comic verse or verses; the form developed from an opening section of linked verse. haiku(n.) opening paragraph
The inspected source supports the selected haiku sense: the short poem. haiku(n.) opening paragraph
haiku: The English headword's conventional reading and selected sense are supported by the inspected dictionary entry. headword, pronunciation and word-history sections
haiku: Japan / East Asia is retained as a supported language, speech, community or historical-reference region, not as a precise word birthplace. headword and language/reference scope
haiku: The retained route, sense boundaries and unresolved alternatives follow the existing inspected source account and the Batch 02 editorial risk note. haiku(n.) opening paragraph

Relationships

haiku → haiku: borrowing, qualified. The English date and Japanese formation are bounded, while the source's report about Shiki's role is not treated as an exact coinage record. haiku(n.) opening paragraph

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01haiku is the inspected source form associated with the historical source stage for English haiku.
Source
Online Etymology Dictionary — haikuOnline Etymology Dictionaryhaiku(n.) opening paragraph
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
Haiku is recorded from 1902 from Japanese haiku, telescoped from haikai no ku comic verse or verses; the form developed from an opening section of linked verse.
haiku(n.) opening paragraph
Qualification Qualified
The English date and Japanese formation are bounded, while the source's report about Shiki's role is not treated as an exact coinage record.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected account at its stated level and does not infer an unsupported origin, date, reading or location.
Checked 2026-09-19. Original factual paraphrase from an inspected source passage; no full article redistributed.
02Haiku is recorded from 1902 from Japanese haiku, telescoped from haikai no ku comic verse or verses; the form developed from an opening section of linked verse.
Source
Online Etymology Dictionary — haikuOnline Etymology Dictionaryhaiku(n.) opening paragraph
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
Haiku is recorded from 1902 from Japanese haiku, telescoped from haikai no ku comic verse or verses; the form developed from an opening section of linked verse.
haiku(n.) opening paragraph
Qualification Qualified
The English date and Japanese formation are bounded, while the source's report about Shiki's role is not treated as an exact coinage record.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected account at its stated level and does not infer an unsupported origin, date, reading or location.
Checked 2026-09-19. Original factual paraphrase from an inspected source passage; no full article redistributed.
03The inspected source supports the selected haiku sense: the short poem.
Source
Online Etymology Dictionary — haikuOnline Etymology Dictionaryhaiku(n.) opening paragraph
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
Haiku is recorded from 1902 from Japanese haiku, telescoped from haikai no ku comic verse or verses; the form developed from an opening section of linked verse.
haiku(n.) opening paragraph
Qualification Qualified
The English date and Japanese formation are bounded, while the source's report about Shiki's role is not treated as an exact coinage record.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected account at its stated level and does not infer an unsupported origin, date, reading or location.
Checked 2026-09-19. Original factual paraphrase from an inspected source passage; no full article redistributed.
04haiku: The source-language form and conventional reading are retained at the inspected dictionary scope.
Source
俳句 — WiktionaryWiktionary contributorsheadword and pronunciation section
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The inspected dictionary entry presents 俳句 as the source-language or source-tradition form and supplies the conventional reading haiku; the entry is used for lexical form and reading, not as proof of a precise birthplace or first attestation.
headword and pronunciation section
Qualification Source-supported
The form and reading are supported at dictionary scope; the map is a language or community reference rather than a birthplace claim.
What Lexography infers
Lexography uses the inspected source for the displayed form and reading while preserving the limit on origin precision.
Checked 2026-09-20 · revision dictionary entry inspected for form, reading and language/reference scope. new
05haiku: The English headword's conventional reading and selected sense are supported by the inspected dictionary entry.
Source
haiku — Merriam-Webster DictionaryMerriam-Websterheadword, pronunciation and word-history sections
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The inspected English dictionary entry supplies the conventional reading HY-koo and the contemporary haiku sense. Where a first-use date is stated in the existing journey, it remains a lexical record rather than object, practice, biography or institution history.
headword, pronunciation and word-history sections
Qualification Source-supported
The dictionary supports the English reading and sense; lexical dating remains tied to the journey's date evidence.
What Lexography infers
Lexography keeps English reading and lexical chronology separate from the history of the referenced object, practice, institution or person.
Checked 2026-09-20 · revision dictionary entry inspected for English reading and sense. new
06haiku: Japan / East Asia is retained as a supported language, speech, community or historical-reference region, not as a precise word birthplace.
Source
俳句 — WiktionaryWiktionary contributorsheadword and language/reference scope
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The inspected dictionary entry presents 俳句 as the source-language or source-tradition form and supplies the conventional reading haiku; the entry is used for lexical form and reading, not as proof of a precise birthplace or first attestation.
headword and pronunciation section
Qualification Qualified
The coordinate is an informative reference region at the strongest defensible level available for this bounded journey.
What Lexography infers
Lexography maps a qualified language or community reference and does not convert it into a precise origin claim.
Checked 2026-09-20 · revision dictionary entry inspected for form, reading and language/reference scope. new
07haiku: The retained route, sense boundaries and unresolved alternatives follow the existing inspected source account and the Batch 02 editorial risk note.
Source
Online Etymology Dictionary — haikuOnline Etymology Dictionaryhaiku(n.) opening paragraph
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
Haiku is recorded from 1902 from Japanese haiku, telescoped from haikai no ku comic verse or verses; the form developed from an opening section of linked verse.
haiku(n.) opening paragraph
Qualification Qualified
Existing route evidence is preserved; cultural, object, institutional and biography history is not silently promoted to lexical ancestry.
What Lexography infers
Lexography enriches the existing journey without adding an unsupported donor, route, date or semantic change.
Checked 2026-09-19. Original factual paraphrase from an inspected source passage; no full article redistributed.