節

See also: 节 and 卩

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 櫛, 癤

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		節
simp.		节
alternative forms		卩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 節
Warring States
Bronze inscriptions

Characters in the same phonetic series (即) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
卪	*ʔsiːɡ
癤	*ʔsiːɡ
幯	*ʔsiːɡ
節	*ʔsiːɡ
蝍	*ʔsiːɡ, *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
蠞	*ziːɡ
堲	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ, *zɯɡ
唧	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
楖	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsriɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
揤	*ziɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
櫛	*ʔsriɡ
瀄	*ʔsriɡ
擳	*ʔsriɡ
即	*ʔsɯɡ
鯽	*ʔsɯɡ, *ʔseɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsiːɡ) : semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 即 (OC *ʔsɯɡ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsik.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 節

1. knot; node
2. joint
3. segment
4. link
5. backbone; integrity; drive; spirit; ambition
6. circumstances; details; particulars
7. time period; season; division of time
8. festival; celebration; holiday; - Day

   聖誕節／圣诞节  ―  shèngdànjié  ―  Christmas

9. etiquette; formality
10. (historical) Short for 符節／符节 (fújié, “tally”).
11. (music) beat; rhythm
12. (unit of speed) knot
13. Classifier for segments, such as batteries, lessons, train carriages, paragraphs, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
14. 60th hexagram of the I Ching.
15. to constrain; to limit; to control
16. to save; to use sparingly
17. a surname

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	節
Kyūjitai

Kanji

節

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. node
2. joint; section
3. season
4. verse (part of a song), stanza (part of a poem)

Readings

• Go-on: せち (sechi, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふし (fushi, 節, Jōyō); ふ (fu, 節); よ (yo, 節); ノット (notto, 節)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 節介
• 節季
• 節句
• 節奏
• 節操
• 節度
• 節分
• 節目
• 節約
• 節理
• 季(き)節(せつ) (kisetsu): a season
• 文(ぶん)節(せつ) (bunsetsu): a phrase, part of a sentence
• 関(かん)節(せつ) (kansetsu): a joint (as in a finger or an insect leg)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
節
ふし Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
節 (kyūjitai)

Noun

節(ふし) • (fushi) 

1. a knuckle, a joint
2. melody

   A(エー)に節(ふし)をつける

   ē ni fushi o tsukeru

   set A to tune

3. point
4. section

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
節
せつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
節 (kyūjitai)

Noun

節(せつ) • (setsu) 

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. joint
2. etiquette
3. incision
4. anniversary
5. item
6. beat

Usage notes

As a suffix, it can mean day.

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 節 (tiết, tét, tết, tít, tịt, típ)

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