noun

Messages.hist.
  1. short love song (popular in late Edo period).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
端唄 はうた
端歌 はうた

Contained Kanji Breakdown

edge, origin, end
タン は はし (7th, N1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
specialized, concentrated
タン セン はし
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
and yet, and then, but
ジ ニ しこ.うして (Kentei Pre-1)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
song, ballad
うた バイ (11th, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)