節 — node, season, period

せつ節 node

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+7BC0 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #934 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1574 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

node
season
period
occasion
verse
clause
stanza
honor
joint
knuckle
knob
knot
tune
melody

word

せつ setsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

節(せつ) setsu section 季(き) 節(せつ) kisetsu season 節(せつ) 約(やく) setsuyaku economizing 調(ちょう) 節(せつ) chousetsu adjustment 関(かん) 節(せつ) kansetsu joint 一(いっ) 節(せつ) issetsu a passage

ふし fushi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

節(ふし) 目(め) fushime turning point

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

たけ竹 bamboo #118

そくす即 instant

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#118 竹 bamboo