節

See also: 节 and 卩

節 U+7BC0, 節 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BC0 ← 箿 [U+7BBF] CJK Unified Ideographs 篁 → [U+7BC1]

節 U+FA56, 節 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA56 ← 突 [U+FA55] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 練 → [U+FA57]

節 U+FAAD, 節 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAAD ← 窱 [U+FAAC] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 类 → [U+FAAE]

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

• 幯, 擳(𰓜), 櫛(栉), 瀄(𰛤), 癤(疖), 蠞(𬝋), 㘉(𠰱), 㦢, 㸅(𰞍), 䗻(𮔂), 䲙(在)

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

• Unihan data for U+FA56

• Unihan data for U+FAAD

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Chinese

trad.		節
simp.		节
alternative forms		卩 “tally” 𠁾

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 節
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

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. solar term (in the Chinese lunisolar calendar)
8. time period; season; division
9. festival; celebration; holiday; - Day

   聖誕節／圣诞节  ―  shèngdànjié  ―  Christmas

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

References

• “Entry #9835”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	節
Kyūjitai	節

Kanji

節

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 節)

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)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふし [fùshíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɕi]

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)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せつ [séꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

節(せつ) • (setsu) 

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

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 節 (MC tset).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 져ᇙ〮 (Yale: cyélq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 졀〮 (cyél) (Yale: cyél) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [절]

Hanja

Wikisource

節 (eumhun 마디 절 (madi jeol))

1. hanja form^? of 절 (“node; joint; incision”)
2. hanja form^? of 절 (“verse; beat”)
3. hanja form^? of 절 (“anniversary”)
4. hanja form^? of 절 (“etiquette”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 예절 (禮節, yejeol)
• 절감 (節減, jeolgam)
• 절약 (節約, jeoryak)
• 절욕 (節慾, jeoryok)
• 관절 (關節, gwanjeol)
• 절기 (節氣, jeolgi)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Okinawan

Etymology

Related to Japanese 節 (fushi).

Noun

節(ぶし) (bushi) 

1. a song, poem or musical piece
2. a term used in titles to denote a poetic or musical piece

   暁(あかちち)節(ぶし)

   akachichi bushi

   Dawn song (a traditional Okinawan musical piece)

References

• ぶし【節】 — JLect Dictionary

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Vietnamese

Han character

節: Hán Nôm readings: tiết

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