- 季節 — season
- 関節 — joint (body)
- 音節 — syllable
- 節約 — saving; economizing
- 節 — joint; node; melody
- 節分 — Setsubun (seasonal division)
- 節目 — milestone; turning point
- 節電 — power saving
節 uses the bamboo radical ⺮ with phonetic 即 (セツ). Bamboo’s nodes are “joints,” which extend metaphorically to beats/tunes in music, sections in text or speech, and divisions of time.
今は 春の季節です。
It’s spring season now.
節のある音楽が 好きです。
I like music with a strong melody.