節

See also 节, and 卩

Translingual

simpl.		节
trad.		節

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 即

Han character

節 (radical 118 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹日戈中 (HAIL), four-corner 8872₇)

1. knot(s), node(s), joint(s), link(s)
2. section(s), link(s)
3. Day(s) (used at the end of holidays)

Derived characters

• 櫛, 癤

References

• KangXi: page 891, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26102
• Dae Jaweon: page 1318, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2976, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7BC0

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Cantonese

Hanzi

節 (simplified 节, Yale jit3)

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Japanese

Kanji

節 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: せつ (setsu), せち (sechi)
• Kun: ふし (fushi), みさお (misao)

Compounds

節介 節季 節句 節奏 節操 節度 節分

節目 節約 節理 季節 (きせつ, kisetsu) 文節 指関節 (ゆびかんせつ, yubikansetsu)

Noun

節 (hiragana ふし, romaji fushi)

1. knuckle, joint
2. melody

   Aにふしをつける

   A ni fushi o tsukeru

   set A to tune

3. point

節 (hiragana せつ, romaji setsu)

1. occasion, time
2. a person's principles
3. paragraph, stanza, clause

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Korean

Hanja

節 (hangeul 절, revised jeol, McCune-Reischauer chŏl, Yale cel)

As a suffix, it can mean day.

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Mandarin

Hanzi

節 (simplified 节, pinyin jié (jie2), Wade-Giles chieh²)

Compounds

• 光明節 (Guangmingjie)
• 聖誕節 (Shengdanjie)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

節 (*tzet)

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Vietnamese

Han character

節 (tiết, tét, tết, tít, tịt, típ)