Chinese

Noun

短歌

1. ballad
2. (Japanese) tanka

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) た​んか [táꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [tã̠ŋka̠]

Noun

短歌 ‎(hiragana たんか, romaji tanka)

1. tanka; a form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.

Related terms

• 長歌 (ちょうか) ‎(chōka)
• 俳句 (はいく) ‎(haiku)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3