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Kanji Details for 節

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Stroke Count
13 Strokes
Radical
竹 + 7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody
Readings
Kun'yomi: ふし、-ぶし、のっと。
On'yomi: セチ。(Go-on Reading)
セツ。(Kan-on Reading)

Japanese Meaning for 節

Dictionary Entries for 節

setsu
noun
  1. occasion; time
  2. section (of a literary work); paragraph; verse; stanza; passage
  3. season; term; holiday
  4. principle; integrity
  5. node (of a plant stem)
  6. clause
  7. (taxonomical) section

notto
noun
  1. knot (nautical mile per hour)

fushi
noun
  1. joint; knuckle
  2. tune; melody
  3. knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
  4. part; notable characteristic

bushi
noun, used as a suffix
  1. characteristic way of speaking

yo
noun
  1. space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.)

sechi
noun
  1. season; time of the year
  2. seasonal festival
  3. seasonal banquet; seasonal feast

Stroke Order Diagrams for 節

Construction of Character for 節

Radicals and parts present in 節
» Radical bamboo
» Part seal radical (no. 26)
» Part northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
Kanji variants for 節
» Simplified Chinese Character
Origin and construction of 節

Kanji related to 節

  • 貿

  • 簿

  • 退

Meanings in Other Languages for 節

French
  1. noeud (vitesse), instant, saison, période, occasion, vers (poésie), stance, honneur, jointure, articulation, bosse, air (musique), mélodie
Portuguese
  1. nó, estação, período, ocasião, verso, cláusula, stanza, honra, junta, nó dos dedos, maçaneta, canção, melodia
Spanish
  1. estación, periodo, frase, unión, articulación, melodía, tono, nudo, entonación

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